עולא Ulla bar Yishmael
Amora of Babylonia · 3rd generation (c. 290–320 CE) — named 651 times across 36 tractates of the Bavli.
Ulla bar Yishmael, of the third generation, was a nachota — one of the travellers who went up and down between Eretz Yisrael and Babylonia carrying teachings in each direction. What Rabbi Yochanan's school held, the Babylonian academies often knew because Ulla had come and said it: he is quoted in another sage's name more than sixty times in this corpus, most often Rabbi Yochanan's.
He is named some six hundred and fifty times across thirty-six tractates, and the Talmud records him in conversation with Rav Yehuda, Rav Nachman and Rava. He died on the road in Babylonia, and his bier was carried up to Eretz Yisrael for burial.
A nachota — one who carried teachings between Eretz Yisrael and Babylonia.
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