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Tachlifa of the West (Hebrew: תחליפא בר מערבא, translit: Tachlifa bar Ma'arava, lit. "Tachlifa son of the West"), was an amora from Syria Palæstina who studied under Rabbi Abbahu. He often travelled to Babylonia.