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R. Shezbi (or R. Shezbi; Hebrew: רב שיזבי) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fourth generation of amoraim.

Biography

It is told that Rav Chisda was accustomed to pass the house of Rav Shizbi's father (according to another version: his father-in-law), and seeing the observance of Shabbat candles, he stated: "a great men will issue hence" (since it is stated that "He who habitually practises the lamp will possess scholarly sons"), and indeed he had Rav Shizbi. Indeed, Rava would eventually describe Shizbi as being a "great man".

Later Shizbi became a pupil of Rav Chisda, but also debated Halakha before Rabbah.

Aaron Hyman suggests he moved to the Land of Israel for a short period of time, where he studied Torah under Yochanan bar Nafcha.

One should distinguish between this Rav Shizbi, and Rav Shizbi II, who was a pupil of Rava.

References

  1. Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 23b
  2. Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 55b
  3. Toledot tannaʿim ve-amoraʾim, p. 1110
  4. Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra, 135b
  5. Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Metzia, 114b
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