Avitul Safra
Set of citations of Rav: Moed Katan 18a
Avuha bar Ihi
What Avuha bar Ihi and his brother Manimin praised themselves for: Megillah 28a
Shemuel asking Avuha bar Ihi to lend him 100 peppers, saying he would re-pay 120, adding the 20 as a gift rather than prohibited interest: Bava Metzia 75a
R' Abba said Beiha developed his sharpness of mind from being in Israel, but Rav Yitzchak responded that Beiha had been wise from being in Bavel and in Israel: Temurah 29a
Levi bar Shemuel
Levi bar Shemuel reading the Purim Story before Rav Yehudah: Megillah 19a-b
Manimin bar Ihi
What he and his brother Avuha praised themselves for: Megillah 28a
Mar of Mashchi
What happened when he checked the Techelet-Dye of his Tzitzit-Fringes for authenticity: Menachot 43a
Mar bar Ameimar
Mar bar Ameimar reported his father's piety [in a business deal] to Rav Ashi. Rav Ashi asked, "But what if he would have died and the deal had been left to you?" And Ameimar died: Bava Metzia 68a
Mar bar Yosef
Said he wasn't afraid of the antagonists of Torah at Bei Avidan, because he knew them; until he went there, and was threatened: Shabbat 116a
Mar Keshisha Beraih DeRava
Rav Ashi answering a suggestion of Mar Keshisha Beraih DeRava with "I didn't know that": Shabbat 95a [See Rashi "Lav"]
Mar Bereih deRaveina
His Tzitzit-Fringes: Menachot 42a
Mar Bereih deRaveina's mother made him a different garment for each day of the week, so lice wouldn't get to him and distract him from learning: Eruvin 65a
Mar Yehudah
Mar Yehudah saw that Rav Huna bar Yehudah was transporting items on Shabbat in an enclosed, planted area even though it didn't fit Avimi's specifications; Rav Huna bar Yehudah explained that he held with Rav Nachman's view: Eruvin 24a
Mar Yehudah saw that the people of Mevarchita were following a law which R' Akiva disagreed with, and he corrected them. Rava replied, "You are arguing against the sages! We don't hold this way.": Eruvin 61b
Mareimar
Mareimar called Rav Yeimar "The Permitter of First Born Animals" when he allowed hearsay testimony to say that a Kohen didn't make the blemish to permit use of a First Born animal: Shabbat 145b
Mareimar didn't permit the people of Sura to consider the sea an enclosure for their alleys, lest the sea deposit sufficient silt to create land: Eruvin 8a
Mari bereih deRav Huna bereih deRav Yirmiyah bar Abba
Rav Chisda asked Mari bereih deRav Huna bereih deRav Yirmiyah bar Abba how he could come from Barnish to the Synagogue of Daniel, a distance of three parasangs, on Shabbat. The response was that the cities en route are close together, extending the distance one may travel from his point of origin on Shabbat: Eruvin 21a
Nechemyah bereih deRav Chanilai
He was a student of Rav Nachman, and he was once learning on Shabbat and became so engrossed in his learning that he was drawn outside the boundary of travel on Shabbat [Techum]: Eruvin 43b-44a
Rabbah bar Chana
Erred in judging a case, and was told by R' Chiyya that he was free from liability if the people had accepted him as judge: Sanhedrin 5a
Received license to judge cases in Israel: Sanhedrin 5a R' Chiyya asked Rebbe to give judicial license to Rabbah bar Chana: Sanhedrin 5a-b
Rabbah bar Livai
Fell sick after drinking Magical "Zugot"; Rava attributed the sickness to his interruption of Rava while Rava was delivering a Class: Pesachim 110a
Rabbah bar Ofran
How he began his discussion of the Purim Story: Megillah 10b
Rabbah bar Sheila
Rabbah bar Shayla heard of an odd incident which had resulted in a death, and observed that Gd's order is inevitable: Nedarim 41a
Rabbah bar Shemuel Rav Nachman designed an entranceway [Tzurat haPetach] permitting transport in an alley on behalf of the Exilarch [Reish Galuta]. Rav Sheshet had a different opinion regarding its validity, and he told his assistant, Rav Gada, to remove it. The Exilarch's servants found Rav Gada and imprisoned him. Rav Sheshet stood by the prison gate and said, "Gada, Emerge!" Rav Gada emerged. Rav Sheshet later encountered Rabbah bar Shemuel and asked him whether he had anything to teach regarding entranceways, and Rabbah bar Shemuel taught that such an entrance would be valid. Rav Sheshet responded, "Don't teach that to the Exilarch's household! [I will recant on my own - Rabbeinu Chananel]": Eruvin 11b Rav Nachman, Rav Chisda and Rav Sheshet were by the Exilarch on the second day of a two-day holiday, and a deer was brought which had been caught on the first day and slaughtered on the second day. Rav Nachman and Rav Chisda ate, reasoning that whichever day was the 'real' holiday, they were fine. Rav Sheshet refrained, holding that the days may be considered part of a single sanctity. Rav Sheshet then encountered Rabbah bar Shemuel and asked whether he had learned anything on the matter. When Rabbah bar Shemuel responded that they are two sanctities, Rav Sheshet said, "Don't tell them anything!": Eruvin 39b
Rami bar Abba
Rami bar Abba had a legal question, and took it to Rav Pappa who forbade it, and then to Rav Huna beriah deR' Yehoshua, who forbade it as well: Megillah 26b
Rami bar Beruchi
Known as "Neharbilai" - the one from Nehar Bela: Beitzah 8b [Rashi]
Rami bar Chama
Series of questions: Menachot 68b-69a
Rami bar Chama asking a question with an obvious answer, and the Gemara commenting that he had not been careful with his words, due to the speed of his thought process; he had meant to ask a similar, more difficult question: Eruvin 90a
Rav Bibi bar Abayye asked a question, which sounded like Rami bar Chama's question. Rav Bibi responded, "Would I argue based on someone else's question?! Rather, I mean...": Eruvin 90a
Rami bar Chama's host had a problem with a transaction, and Rami bar Chama sent him to Rav Nachman for a ruling: Bava Metzia 51a
Rami bar Shemuel
Rami bar Shemuel and Rav Yitzchak beraih deRav Yehudah, learning in the school of Rav Huna when overheard by Rav Huna's son, Rabbah bar Rav Huna: Niddah 17b
R' Abba bar Shumni
When R' Abba bar Shumni and R' Menashya bar Yirmiyah miDifti parted from each other, they taught each other new lessons, so that they wouldn't forget each other: Eruvin 64a
R' Abba Beraih DeR' Chiyya bar Abba
R' Zeira as the "friend" of R' Abba Beraih DeR' Chiyya bar Abba: Moed Katan 22a
Rav Acha
Carrying a Bride on his shoulders, because it had no effect on him: Ketuvot 17a
Rav Acha removed a teacher for hitting the children too much, but Raveina returned him to his post because no one else could teach as well as he could: Makkot 16b
R' Acha bar Chanina
Wore patched shoes, but not double-layer patched shoes: Shabbat 114a
R' Acha bar Chanina said, "It is revealed and known before the Creator of the Universe that there was no one in R' Meir's generation who was R' Meir's peer. The law doesn't follow him, only because his peers could not follow his logic": Eruvin 13b
Rav Acha bar Huna
Sending a question to Rav Yosef: Kiddushin 12b
Rav Acha bar Pappa
Also known as Rav Acha Aricha [The Tall]: Shabbat 111a, 113a
Rav Acha bar Rav
Sent a question to Raveina: Kiddushin 13a
Rav Acha bar Tachlifa
Rav Acha bereih deRav Ikka hosted R' Elazar meiHegronia and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa in Rav Acha bar Yaakov's city, and wanted to slaughter an animal. He presented the knife to them to examine it, and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa asked whether they shouldn't show it to Rav Acha bar Yaakov. R' Elazar meiHegronia cited the law that a scholar may check it himself, and he checked it and suffered harm, either because the idea of consulting Rav Acha bar Yaakov had been raised or because Rav Acha bar Yaakov was far beyond them: Eruvin 63a
Rav Acha Bardila
Rav Acha Bardila's instructions to his son, or Rav's instructions to Rav Acha Bardila, on how to grind spices permissibly on Yom Tov: Beitzah 14a
Rav Acha Bereih deRav Avya
Rav Acha bereih deRav Avya meeting the students of Rav Ashi and asking whether Rav Ashi had taught anything on a certain subject: Eruvin 11b
Rav Acha Bereih deRav Ikka
Displaying how much one must remove a forbidden garment, in order to be liable anew for putting it back on: Makkot 21b
Rav Acha bereih deRav Ikka hosted R' Elazar meiHegronia and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa in Rav Acha bar Yaakov's city, and wanted to slaughter an animal. He presented the knife to them to examine it, and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa asked whether they shouldn't show it to Rav Acha bar Yaakov. R' Elazar meiHegronia cited the law that a scholar may check it himself, and he checked it and suffered harm, either because the idea of consulting Rav Acha bar Yaakov had been raised or because Rav Acha bar Yaakov was far beyond them: Eruvin 63a
Rav Acha d'min Hutzal
Rav Acha d'min Hutzal went to Rav Ashi to nullify a vow made by his wife. Rav Ashi told him to come back the next day because he [Rav Ashi] had consumed significant quantities of wine - even though the wine had been diluted: Keritot 13b
Rav Achai [Achi] bar Yoshiyah
His body didn't rot, because he didn't have any jealousy of others: Shabbat 152b
Attacking gravediggers, after he had died; arguing with Rav Nachman: Shabbat 152b
R' Achi bar Yoshiyah
R' Achi bar Yoshiyah asked R' Dostai bar R' Yannai and R' Yosi ben Kippar to bring a charge back to him from its guardians; the guardians demanded absolution from responsiblity over the object while it was en route, and R' Yosi refused to grant it; they beat him, with R' Dostai's approval. R' Dostai explained that he gave in because the guardians were 1 cubit tall, with 1 cubit hats, deep voices, strange names and the power to imprison or kill them: Gittin 14a-b
R' Ami bar Abba
A set of his statements: Nedarim 32a-b
Rav Ami
Rav Ami and Rav Asi were the "two [most] important Kohanim of Israel": Megillah 22a
Rav Ami was subject to Rav Huna, despite his own great status: Megillah 22a
R' Anani bar Sasson
R' Ami was upset at R' Anani bar Sasson because he cited a law without mentioning its source: Moed Katan 24b
R' Asa
R' Chiyya bar Abba and R' Asa and Rava bar Natan learning together, and Rav Nachman listening and approving their words, and saying Shemuel approved their words, too: Eruvin 32b
R' Avin
R' Avin and Rav Yitzchak ben Rebbe learning before R' Yirmiyah, who dozed off and then awoke to point out an error in their learning: Nedarim 29b-30a
Rav Avira
How he tested Techelet-Dye for authenticity: Menachot 43a
Presenting a statement which may have been from R' Ami and may have been from R' Asi: Berachot 20b
Rav Avya
Learning before Rav Yosef on Shabbat and dislocated his hand; he shifted it around in different manners to ask whether they were permissible until it finally healed: Shabbat 148a
Took collateral for loans given on a Holiday: Shabbat 148b
Rav Avya saw a man in Neherdaa with a bolt which was tied to a door with a reed; Rav Avya said one may not use such a bolt in a door on Shabbat: Eruvin 102a
Rav Eina Sava
Rav Nachman preceded a response to Rav Ayna Sava, "Black bread!": Megillah 14b
R' Ayvo bar Nagri
R' Chiyya bar Abba and R' Ayvo bar Nagri practiced a law against a teaching of R' Yochanah, angering him: Rosh HaShanah 21a
R' Binyamin bar Yefet
Statements of his, some of which cite R' Elazar, on Joseph and his brothers: Megillah 16b
Rav Chaga
Brought the body of Rav Huna into the crypt where R' Chiyya was buried: Moed Katan 25a
Learned by Rav Huna from the age of 18: Moed Katan 25a
Rav Chama
Rav Chama immersing on the day before Pesach, to remove certain types of impurity before he would teach Torah at the Seder that night: Berachot 22b
Rav Chama's "tarsha" ways of selling merchandise for later payment, for more than it was worth at that time and in that place, without violating laws prohibiting interest on loans: Bava Metzia 65a-b
Rav Chama's attempt to rent out his money, as one may rent out a shovel, and his Divine punishment of poverty because this was prohibited as interest: Bava Metzia 69b
R' Chama bar Bissa
Rebbe praised R' Chama bar Bissa to R' Yishmael Ben R' Yosi; R' Yishmael Ben R' Yosi was disappointed when R' Chama asked him for Rebbe's opinion instead of R' Yosi's [R' Chama had thought it appropriate, as Rebbe was the head of the school, had the Sages before him, and was very sharp]: Niddah 14b
Rav Chama bar Chanina
The way he used to begin teaching the Torah portion on the Cities of Refuge: Makkot 10b
Rav Chana Bagadataah
On the Benefits of Rain: Ketuvot 10b
On the Benefits of Dates: Ketuvot 10b
Rav Chanan
Rav Chanan and Rav Anan travelling on the road, and one saying to the other that they should ex-communicate a man who they saw violating a rabbinic prohibition; the other responded that they weren't expert enough in the laws to clarify the prohibition: Kiddushin 39a
Rav Chanan bar Rav
Had tablets inscribed with Torah Verses, cited by Rav Chisda as evidence for the correct reading of certain Verses: Pesachim 117a
Rav Chanan bar Rava
Rav Huna told Rav Chanan bar Rava, "Don't disagree with me; Rav went to Damharya and practiced as I have said." According to Rav Chanan bar Rava, Rav performed a stringent practice in Damharia because the local people were lax in their Mitzvah observance, and he sought to distance them from sin: Eruvin 6a
Rav Chanan bar Rav Chisda
He, or his brother Nachman, contradicted his father Rav Chisda incorrectly; Rav Chisda slapped him with a shoe: Moed Katan 25a
Rav Chananiah bar Bibi
Was careful to take a break between drinking cups of wine, to prevent a Magical "Zugot" problem: Pesachim 110a
Rav Chananiah Kara ["The Reader"]
R' Chanina haGadol wouldn't allow him to split verses while reading them, except for didactic purposes: Megillah 22a
R' Chanin
Son-in-law of the Leader of the Jews: Moed Katan 25b
Didn't have children for a long time, and then died on the day when his wife gave birth: Moed Katan 25b
His eulogy: Moed Katan 25b
R' Chanina bar Avin
Abayye bar Avin exchanging Purim Gifts of Food with R' Chanina bar Avin: Megillah 7b
R' Chanina bar Chama
A string of comments on Torah study and Manners, from sages named Chanina: R' Chanina, then R' Chanina bar Pappa, then R' Chanina bar Chama, then R' Chanina bar Idi: Taanit 7a
R' Chanina bar Idi
A string of comments on Torah study and Manners, from sages named Chanina: R' Chanina, then R' Chanina bar Pappa, then R' Chanina bar Chama, then R' Chanina bar Idi: Taanit 7a
R' Chanina/Chananiah bar Sheila
His dessert: Pesachim 119b
Shemuel instructing R' Chananiah bar Sheila in a matter of law: Eruvin 12a
R' Chanina bar Yosef
R' Chanina bar Yosef, R' Chiyya bar Abba and R' Asi were staying in an inn together and had a Halachic question; R' Chanina bar Yosef gave a leniency, which R' Asi opposed. R' Chiyya bar Abba said, "Let us depend on the elder," which they did. They later asked R' Yochanan, and he approved of their actions, to the amazement of the students in Neherdaa and of R' Elazar: Eruvin 65b-66b
Rav Chaviva
Making Blessing of "SheHaSimchah BeMiono" at a Circumcision: Ketuvot 8a
Citing a law from the elders of Pumbedita: Eruvin 79b
Rav Chiyya of Vistanya
What happened when Rav Huna bar Manoach, Rav Shemuel bar Idi and Rav Chiyya of Vistanya came to study with Rav Pappa after their teacher Rava died, and they were dissatisfied with Rav Pappa's lessons: Taanit 9a-b
R' Chiyya bar Ami
Set of statements quoting Ulla: Berachot 8a
R' Chiyya bar Ashi
Wouldn't eat a meal prepared for him by Zeiri's wife, because he held against Zeiri on certain laws of food-preparation on Shabbat: Shabbat 109a, 140a
R' Zeira exclaimed, regarding statements of Rav Yehudah citing Rav and Rav Chiyya bar Ashi citing Rav, "How accurate are the teachings of these elders!": Eruvin 12b
Rav Chiyya bar Asi
R' Zeira merged the properties in the town of R' Chiyya's study hall, to permit transport between the properties on Shabbat, relying on certain information he had received from the town elders regarding the way Rav Chiyya bar Asi had done it. Abayye challenged him based on other data, and R' Zeira conceded, 'I didn't know that.': Eruvin 59b
Rav Chiyya bar Yosef
Rav Chiyya bar Yosef asked Shemuel regarding a certain debate, "Does the law follow you, or does it follow Rav?" Shemuel responded that the law follows Rav: Eruvin 90b Rabbi Yochanan threatening Rabbi Chiyya bar Yosef with a Mi shePara curse for his apparent intent to renege on an agreement: Bava Metzia 48b
Rav Daniel bar Ketina
How rain came to meet the needs of the fields of Rav Daniel bar Ketina: Taanit 9b
Rav Dimi bar Chinina
Rav Chisda describing a lesson which "was constantly in the mouth of ["margila b'fumeih"] Rav Dimi bar Chinina: Zevachim 36b
Rav Dimi bar Yitzchak
How he began his discussion of the Purim Story: Megillah 10b-11a
Rav Dimi bar Yosef
When his grandson died before reaching the 30 day viability mark, he rebuked his son for mourning; his son replied that he knew that his son had been viable: Shabbat 136a
R' Dostai bar R' Yannai
R' Achi bar Yoshiyah asked R' Dostai bar R' Yannai and R' Yosi ben Kippar to bring a charge back to him from its guardians; the guardians demanded absolution from responsiblity over the object while it was en route, and R' Yosi refused to grant it; they beat him, with R' Dostai's approval. R' Dostai explained that he gave in because the guardians were 1 cubit tall, with 1 cubit hats, deep voices, strange names and the power to imprison or kill them: Gittin 14a-b
R' Efes
Reish Lakish and the students of R' Chanina had a legal quandary. Reish Lakish said they should act on a certain suggestion, and then ask on arrival by the sages of the South. When they arrived, they asked R' Efes, who agreed with their method: Eruvin 65b
Upset because Levi failed to attend his study hall; Levi was punished for this: Berachot 18b
R' Elazar meiHegronia
Rav Acha bereih deRav Ikka hosted R' Elazar meiHegronia and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa in Rav Acha bar Yaakov's city, and wanted to slaughter an animal. He presented the knife to them to examine it, and Rav Acha bar Tachlifa asked whether they shouldn't show it to Rav Acha bar Yaakov. R' Elazar meiHegronia cited the law that a scholar may check it himself, and he checked it and suffered harm, either because the idea of consulting Rav Acha bar Yaakov had been raised or because Rav Acha bar Yaakov was far beyond them: Eruvin 63a
An investment partnershipn of R' Elazar meiHegronia: Bava Metzia 69a
Rav Gada Rav Nachman designed an entranceway [Tzurat haPetach] permitting transport in an alley on behalf of the Exilarch [Reish Galuta]. Rav Sheshet had a different opinion regarding its validity, and he told his assistant, Rav Gada, to remove it. The Exilarch's servants found Rav Gada and imprisoned him. Rav Sheshet stood by the prison gate and said, "Gada, Emerge!" Rav Gada emerged. Rav Sheshet later encountered Rabbah bar Shemuel and asked him whether he had anything to teach regarding entranceways, and Rabbah bar Shemuel taught that such an entrance would be valid. Rav Sheshet responded, "Don't teach that to the Exilarch's household! [I will recant on my own - Rabbeinu Chananel]": Eruvin 11b
Rav Gaza
Claimed that he once made Babylonian "Kutach HaBavli" Concoction in Israel, and all of the sick people there asked for some: Shabbat 145b
Rav Geviha of Argiza
Known for his allegorical analyses of verses: Gittin 7a
Rav Gidal
Set of Citations of Rav: Nedarim 7b-8a
Rav Gidal swearing, by "Torah, the Prophets and the Writings," that Rav said something which Rav Gidal cited in his name: Eruvin 17a
Rav Gidal sitting near the mikvah to offer guidance to women on immersion, and why he wasn't concerned about inappropriate attraction: Berachot 20a
Rav Hoshia
R' Yochanan saying to Reish Lakish's son, "Had I arrived at that verse [that you just explained], I wouldn't have needed you or your teacher, R' Hoshia": Taanit 9a
Rav Hoshia learned before Bar Kappara, and then went to learn before R' Chiyya. When he subsequently asked Bar Kappara a question, Bar Kappara asked what R' Chiyya, "the Babylonian," would say. When Rav Hoshia couldn't answer, Bar Kappara mocked R' Chiyya, calling him 'Iyya.': Keritot 8a
Rav Huna Beraih DeRav Ika
Praised by Rav Safra as being exact in his learning, like Rachbah of Pumbedisa: Pesachim 52b
Rav Huna bar Manoach
What happened when Rav Huna bar Manoach, Rav Shemuel bar Idi and Rav Chiyya of Vistanya came to study with Rav Pappa after their teacher Rava died, and they were dissatisfied with Rav Pappa's lessons: Taanit 9a-b
Rav Huna Beraih DeR' Yehudah
Saying "Lo Shimeea" [I haven't heard it], meaning "Lo Siveera Li" [I don't agree with it]: Pesachim 41a
Mar Yehudah saw that Rav Huna bar Yehudah was transporting items on Shabbat in an enclosed, planted area even though it didn't fit Avimi's specifications; Rav Huna bar Yehudah explained that he held with Rav Nachman's view: Eruvin 24a
Rav Huna of Descarta
Rava said to Rav Huna of Descarta, who had cited Levi to challenge him, "If Levi were here, he would ex-communicate you [invoking 'pulsa d'nura'] for mis-quoting him!": Bava Metzia 47a
R' Idi
Citing a legal statement which R' Yehoshua ben Levi made without explanation, and commenting, "This is prophecy!" [Rashi - And R' Yehoshua ben Levi wouldn't have said it without a tradition from his elders]: Eruvin 60b
Rav Idi, Avuha DeR' Yaakov bar Idi
Travelled three months to spend one day in the Study Hall - "Bar Bei Rav DeChad Yoma": Chagigah 5b
R' Yochanan asked that he not be upset with Students who made fun of him for his extended trip and brief learning: Chagigah 5b
R' Ila'a
Saying "May Gd save us from your logic" in a debate with R' Chanina: Shabbat 84b
R' Ila
Depending on your version, he and R' Chanina either did or didn't come out to honor Rav Huna's casket as it was brought past their study hall: Moed Katan 25a
Rav Ilish
How the sons of R' Ilish handled a partnership document from an investment of their father, R' Ilish: Bava Metzia 68b-69a
R' Illai
R' Shimon bar Abba remonstrating R' Illai and R' Yaakov bar Zavdi for standing before him, because he didn't consider himself worthy and because they had been learning Torah: Kiddushin 33b
R' Avahu's riddle response when the students asked him where R' Ilai was, and R' Ilai's riddle response when the students asked him where R' Avahu was: Eruvin 53b
Rav Mari bar Rachel
His lineage: Shabbat 154a
There were two of them: Tosafot Bava Metzia 73b "Rav"
Rav Mari bar Rachel lived in a house he held as collateral from a nochri. The nochri sold it to Rava, who did not charge him rent until the nochri paid off the debt (because had the house remained with the nochri, the nochri could not have removed him without paying the debt), but there was no issue of prohibited interest because the nochri, not Rava, was the debtor: Bava Metzia 73b
R' Marinus
His son, Shabtai, denied a clause that had been in his Ketubah [Bill mandating money for a wife upon Divorce/Widowing] when it was lost; upon contradiction, he claimed, "I paid it already": Bava Metzia 17a
Rav Menasheh
When Ulla was in the house of Rav Menasheh, a man came and knocked at the gate on Shabbat. Ulla said, "May this man's body be desecrated, as he desecrated Shabbat!" Rabbah responded that only musical sounds are forbidden on Shabbat: Eruvin 104a
R' Menashya
Selected by Shemuel to answer a question in place of Levi, when Levi died: Shabbat 139a
R' Menashya bar Gada
How Rav Menashya bar Gada handled the breakup of a manager/investor partnership involving livestock, and Abayye's response: Bava Metzia 69a
Rav Menashya bar Seguvli
Rav Yosef said of Rav Menashya bar Seguvli, "May his Master forgive him," when Rav Menashya misquoted a lesson Rav Yosef had taught him: Eruvin 29a
R' Menashya bar Yirmiyah miDifti
When R' Abba bar Shumni and R' Menashya bar Yirmiyah miDifti parted from each other, they taught each other new lessons, so that they wouldn't forget each other: Eruvin 64a
Rav Mordechai
He asked a question of Rabbah, Rav Yosef and Abayye, got the same answer from all 3, and responded, "You all spit the same saliva!": Shabbat 99b
Rav Mordechai termed Rav Ashi "Mar": Beitzah 6a
Rav Nachman bar Gurya
Had a difficult time answering questioners in Neherdaa, until they said his Rebbe must have been a reed-picker: Shabbat 95a
Rav Nachman bar Rav Chisda
He, or his brother Chanan, contradicted his father Rav Chisda incorrectly; Rav Chisda slapped him with a shoe: Moed Katan 25a
Rav Natan bar Ami
Received news from afar of his mother's death: Moed Katan 20a
Rava advising R' Natan bar Ami on when to marry off his son: Kiddushin 30a
Rav Natan bar Oshia
Terming R' Yochanan a "Gavra Rabah" - great man: Shabbat 81b
R' Yochanan answering him with a pantomime: Shabbat 102b
Rav Yehudah bar Ishtita brought a fruit basket to Rav Natan bar Oshia: Eruvin 52a-b
Rav Pappa bar Abba
Labelled a "Baal Bassar" [fleshy person] by Rav Pappa: Bava Kama 10b
His sons were rich, and had meat and wine all of the time, and so were told to honor Shabbat specially by extending it and beginning it early: Shabbat 119a
Rav Pappa bar Shemuel
Wanted to use a ram's horn and trumpets on Rosh HaShanah, but was told that this was only done in the Temple: Rosh HaShanah 27a
Telling his servant to blow the Ram's Horn on Rosh HaShanah for him while h was in the personal [silent] Amidah: Rosh HaShanah 34b Rava rejected purchase of an eved, preferring to hire needy people to do the work. Rav Pappa bar Shemuel then purchased him, only to find the eved's hair had been dyed to make him look younger; Rav Pappa bar Shemuel blamed himself for not acting meritoriously as had Rava: Bava Metzia 60b
R' Pedat
R' Pedat had a bolt for his door which ten men had to lift together: Eruvin 102a
Rav Pinchas beraih deRav Chisda
Rava was once serving Rav Pappa, Rav Huna beraih deRav Yehoshua, Rav Mari and Rav Pinchas beraih deRav Chisda, and only the former two stood up in respect for him, leading him to get upset at the latter two for acting as though they were greater than the former two: Kiddushin 32b
Rav Sala
Statements of Rav Sala, citing Rav Hemnuna: Taanit 7b
Rav Sama
Rav Sama and Raveina were sitting before Rav Ashi, when Rav Sama pointed out a problem with Raveina's Tzitzit Strings to him. Raveina explained that Rav Sama was incorrect, and Rav Sama was embarrassed, leading Rav Ashi to reassure him, "Don't be upset; one of them [Israelis] is equal to two of us [Babylonians]!": Menachot 42a
Rav Sama bar Rikta
Exclaiming "[By] the King's Crown!": Kiddushin 9a
Rav Seorim, brother of Rava
Rava, his brother Rav Seorim, and the Angel of Death: Moed Katan 28a
R' Shefatyah
Set of statements citing R' Yochanan: Megillah 32a
Rav Shemayah
Raveina permitted something, and then Rava bar Tachalifa and Rav Shemayah challenged it. They asked Rava, and he also ruled against Raveina: Eruvin 40a
Rava sending a response to Abayye, via Rav Shemaya bar Zeira: Eruvin 93a
Rav Shemen
R' Yochanan gave Rav Shemen temporary license to judge cases: Sanhedrin 5b
Rav Shemuel bar Acha
Rav Pappa assigning ownership of his 12,000 dinar to Rav Shemuel bar Acha when Rav Shemuel bar Acha went to Bei Chozai to collect them on his behalf: Bava Metzia 46a
Rav Shemuel bar bar Chanah
Reminding Rav Yosef of something he had taught pre-amnesia: Shabbat 146b
Rav Shemuel bar Bisna
Rav Yosef said to Rav Shemuel bar Bisna, "You hurt me! [Rashi's trans.]" when Rav Shemuel misinterpreted a Mishnah: Kiddushin 26b
Rav Shemuel bar Idi
What happened when Rav Huna bar Manoach, Rav Shemuel bar Idi and Rav Chiyya of Vistanya came to study with Rav Pappa after their teacher Rava died, and they were dissatisfied with Rav Pappa's lessons: Taanit 9a-b
Rav Shemuel bar Zutra
Declared that even were he promised all of the world's treasures, he would not lie: Bava Metzia 49a-b
Rav Shemuel bar Rav Yosi
Bar Kappara, or perhaps R' Shemuel ben R' Yosi, not standing before R' Shimon bar Rebbe, upsetting him; he complained to his father, Rebbe: Kiddushin 33a
Rav Sheravya
Expressing surprise at a leniency of Rava, he said, "May it be [Gd's] Will that he should permit [forbidden] Fat!": Shabbat 136b
Rav Sheshet of Kartizya
Rav Sheshet of Kartizya reading the Purim Story for Rav Ashi: Megillah 21b
R' Shimon bar Abba
In a case where he delivered a Bill of Divorce, the other witness with him was not initially mentioned because R' Shimon's honor overshadowed his: Gittin 5b
R' Shimon bar Abba remonstrating R' Illai and R' Yaakov bar Zavdi for standing before him, because he didn't consider himself worthy and because they had been learning Torah: Kiddushin 33b
R' Shimon ben Rebbe
The Special 7 Blessings recited at His Wedding: Ketuvot 8a
R' Shimon ben Rebbe analyzing a verse "like a knot": Kiddushin 22b
R' Shimon ben Yehotzadak
There were 2 people by this name: Tos. Niddah 10b #2
Rav Shisha Bereih DeRav Idi
Wore clothing folded up into beautiful cuffs: Shabbat 147a
How Rav Shisha bereih deRav Idi stored his phylacteries [tefillin] when he was sleeping: Berachot 24a
R' Simai
Testifying to a practice from Chaggai, Zecharyah and Malachi: Rosh HaShanah 19b
Commenting on the remarkable significance of lessons learned from a Gezeirah Shavah: Keritot 5a
Rav Simi bar Ashi
Rav Simi bar Ashi saving someone who swallowed a snake, or alternatively being saved by Eliyahu the Prophet after swallowing a snake: Shabbat 109b
Rav Simi bar Ashi's decision to stop besieging his teacher, Rav Pappa, with questions, when he saw the embarrassing effect on Rav Pappa: Taanit 9b
Rav Simi bar Chiyya
People brought water to Rav Simi bar Chiyya through an area on Shabbat by making a wall out of human beings: Eruvin 44b
R' Tanchum
Set of statements, on legal issues and on issues beyond the law: Chagigah 3a
R' Tanchum bar Chiyya
The eulogy for him: Moed Katan 25b
R' Tavla
Rav Yosef saying, after learning something, "Now I understand what I heard R' Tavla saying...": Eruvin 75a
Proving a law by pointing out that R' Tavla saw people in Mechoza practicing in a certain way, and he did not object: Eruvin 102a
Rav Tavut
Declared that even were he promised all of the world's treasures, he would not lie: Bava Metzia 49a-b
Rav Tuvi bar Matna
Abayye and Rava ex-communicated a butcher who insulted Rav Tuvi bar Matna: Moed Katan 16a
Rav Tuvi bereih deRav Nechemiah
Rav Tuvi bereih deRav Nechemiah asking Rav Yosef a halachic question regarding a barrel of wine he owned: Beitzah 12b
R' Yaakov
The eulogy for R' Yaakov: Moed Katan 25b
R' Yaakov identified as "HaHu meiRabbanan [One of the sages]": Eruvin 80a
R' Yaakov saying, "This is the way R' Yochanan explained it to me": Eruvin 80a
R' Zeira asking R' Yaakov to investigate an event by questioning Rav Yaakov bar Idi on arrival in Tzur: Eruvin 80a
R' Zeira identifying R' Yaakov as "son of the daughter of Yaakov" [because his father behaved improperly - Rashi]: Eruvin 80a
Rav Yaakov bar Abba
Found a barrel of wine, and took it to Abayye who allowed him to keep it: Bava Metzia 23b
Rav Yaakov bar Idi
R' Yaakov bar Idi wouldn't use wine for a Cup Associated with Special Blessings if it came from a pitcher which had been drunken from: Pesachim 106a
R' Zeira asking R' Yaakov to investigate an event by questioning Rav Yaakov bar Idi on arrival in Tzur: Eruvin 80a
R' Yaakov bar Zavdi
R' Shimon bar Abba remonstrating R' Illai and R' Yaakov bar Zavdi for standing before him, because he didn't consider himself worthy and because they had been learning Torah: Kiddushin 33b
Rav Yechezkel
Rav Yechezkel was challenged on a statement by his son, Rav Yehudah; Shemuel chastised Rav Yehudah for it: Kiddushin 32a
Shemuel told Rav Yehudah to stand before Rav Yehudah's father, Rav Yechezkel, despite being his Rebbe: Kiddushin 33b
Rav Yehudah Achveih DeRav Sala Chasida
Had a pair of shoes which he shared with [his] children: Shabbat 112a
Rav Yehudah bar Ami
When R' Zeira was too tired to learn, he would sit outside Rav Yehudah bar Ami's door, to get reward for standing and honoring Torah scholars as they entered and exited: Eruvin 28b
Rav Yehudah bar Ishtita
Rav Yehudah bar Ishtita brought a fruit basket to Rav Natan bar Oshia: Eruvin 52a-b
Rav Yehudah bar Nachmeni
Translator before R' Chiyya bar Abba: Ketuvot 8b
Translator before Reish Lakish: Temurah 14b
Rav Yehudah bar Oshia
R' Yehudah bar Oshia's advice when asked what to do about a Gentile armorer who lived in the neighborhood and wouldn't rent out his share of the area (which would have allowed the Jews to merge their ownerships for the sake of permitting transportation back and forth on Shabbat): Eruvin 80a
Rav Yehudah bar Oshia was asked for a ruling and didn't have an answer. The question went to Rav Matnah, who also did not have an answer. The question then went to Rav Yehudah, who answered it: Eruvin 80a
Rav Yehudah bereih deRav Shemuel bar Shelat
Rav Yehudah bereih deRav Shemuel bar Shelat reported a legal ruling by Rav regarding two laws. Rav denied having rendered the ruling in one of the cases, and Rava objected, arguing that he had, himself, heard the ruling from Rav. Rav had recanted his earlier ruling: Eruvin 14b
R' Yehudah Hindvaah
Was a Convert: Kiddushin 22b
Mar Zutra visited R' Yehudah Hindvaah while he was dying, and then took control of his avadim when he died: Kiddushin 22b-23a
Rav Yeimar
Allowed hearsay testimony to say that a Kohen didn't make the blemish to permit use of a First-Born Animal animal, and Mareimar called him "Yeimar, the Permitter of First-Born Animals": Shabbat 145b
Rav Yeiva Sava
Rav Yeiva Sava was sent by the sages to observe Rav Chisda's conduct in practicing a certain Mitzvah. Rav Chisda saw him and said, "When someone picks up a moist piece of wood, you know it's because he wants to use the place beneath it [You obviously didn't come here for nothing]." Rav Chisda then performed his practice, showing him what to do: Eruvin 40b
Rav Yirmiyah bar Abba
Accidentally ate before the Havdalah-Rite Concluding Shabbat: Pesachim 106b
The vow someone took, to refuse benefit from R' Yirmiyah's son's property: Nedarim 7b
R' Yirmiyah ben Elazar
Set of statements on issues which don't deal with law: Eruvin 18b-19a
Rav Yisrael
R' Elazar asked a follow-up question on a case to Rav Yisrael, who responded with the verse, "Give to a wise man and he will become still wiser," meaning that the answer should be clear from the original case: Eruvin 65b
Rav Yitzchak [Son of Rav Yehudah]
Was sent by his father to see how Ulla practiced the Havdalah-Rite Concluding Shabbat, but sent Abayye instead: Pesachim 104b
How he tested Techelet-Dye for authenticity: Menachot 42b-43a
Rav Yitzchak bar Shemuel bar Marta
Rav Achai married off his son in the household of Rav Yitzchak bar Shmuel bar Marta, and investigated when his son was not able to consummate the marriage. He found that there was a Torah Scroll in the room, and said they could have endangered his son by leaving it there, had the son consummated the marriage in the room: Berachot 25b
R' Yitzchak, of the school of R' Ami
R' Yitzchak of the school of R' Ami citing a series of lessons regarding the story of Samson: Sotah 9b
Rav Yitzchak bar Avudimi
Rava said that any pasuk that was not explained by Rav Yitzchak bar Avudimi had not really been explained, and any braita that was not explained by Zeiri had not really been explained: Zevachim 43b
R' Yitzchak bar Bisna
Made a decree following Rav's death, that no one should bring Myrtle and Palm branches to weddings: Shabbat 110a Bar Kasha of Pumbedita broke the Above decree, and was bitten by a snake and died: Shabbat 110a
R' Yitzchak ben Elazar
His eulogy for R' Yochanan: Moed Katan 25b
R' Yitzchak ben Rebbe
R' Avin and Rav Yitzchak ben Rebbe learning before R' Yirmiyah, who dozed off and then awoke to point out an error in their learning: Nedarim 29b-30a
Rav Yitzchak beraih deRabbah bar bar Chanah
Rava telling Rav Yitzchak the teachings of his father, Rabbah bar bar Chanah: Succah 43b
Rav Yosef bar Chama
Rav Sheshet asking Rav Yosef bar Chama to bring a charged object back for him from a certain place: Gittin 14a
Rav Yosef bar Chama challenging Rabbah with a question, and Rabbah having no answer [ishtik] but instead referring the question back to him: Bava Metzia 58a
Rav Yosef bar Chama's controversial practice with people who owed him money, and the way he recanted when his son Rabbah challenged him based on various sources: Bava Metzia 64b-65a
R' Yoshiyah [the Junior]
R' Elazar saying to R' Yoshiyah [the Junior], "Don't sit down until you explain" a certain law: Kiddushin 36b; Menachot 71a
R' Yosi bar Asyan
R' Yosi bar Asyan was known for his clever way of speaking in riddles: Eruvin 53b
R' Yosi ben R' Chanina
Set of quotations of R' Eliezer Ben Yaakov on Prayer: Berachot 10b
R' Yosi ben R' Chanina heard a strict legal opinion by R' Chiyya, and laughed at it, not because it was strict but because he knew that there was a specific leniency applicable for that case: Eruvin 47b-48a
R' Yosi ben Shaul
Set of quotations of Rav: Beitzah 7a-b
R' Yosi ben Zimra
Getting permission to Examine a blemish in a First-Born Animal: Yoma 78a
R' Yudin
R' Elazar termed R' Yudin, "The Leader of the Generation": Kiddushin 21b
Rava bar Avin
His household used to soak grain on Pesach without fear of it becoming Leaven: Pesachim 40a
Rava bar Chinina Sava
Set of statements citing Rav: Berachot 12a-b
Rava bar Natan
R' Chiyya bar Abba and R' Asa and Rava bar Natan learning together, and Rav Nachman listening and approving their words, and saying Shemuel approved their words, too: Eruvin 32b
Rava bar Rabbah
Called Rav Yosef "Rabbeinu [Our Teacher]": Shabbat 123a
Was known for extraordinary love of Torah Scholars: Makkot 10a
Rava bar Rav Aza
Reporting a question which was discussed in Israel: Temurah 21a [note the Shitah Mikubetzet's edition]
Rava bar Rav Chanan
Rava bar Rav Chanan asked what the law was in a certain case; Abayye responded, "Go see what the nation does [Puk Chazi Mai Ama Dabar]": Eruvin 14b
Rava bar Shemuel
Rav Pappa, Rav Huna bereih deRabbi Yehoshua and Rava bar Shemuel sitting at a meal together and discussing who was pure enough to lead for the blessing: Berachot 22b
Rava bar Tachalifa
Raveina permitted something, and then Rava bar Tachalifa and Rav Shemayah challenged it. They asked Rava, and he also ruled against Raveina: Eruvin 40a
Rava bereih deRav Yosef bar Chama
Rav Yosef was angry with Rava bereih deRav Yosef bar Chama, and Rava bereih deRav Yosef bar Chama went to appease him on the eve of Yom Kippur. He substituted himself for Rav Yosef's servant, and diluted the wine for him. When Rav Yosef [who was blind] tasted the wine, he said, "This wine tastes like the dilution of Rava bereih deRav Yosef bar Chama!" When Rava admitted it was he, Rav Yosef said, "Don't sit down until you explain the following verse," a verse regarding the value of humility for Torah study: Eruvin 54a
Ulla bar Rav
His prayer of "Neilah" closing Yom Kippur: Yoma 87b
Yehudah bar Yechezkel
Credibility of his quotations of Shemuel, according to his brother Rami: Ketuvot 21a
Zeiri
His notebook: Shabbat 156a
Called R' Chiyya "Rebbe": Shabbat 156a
People brought fodder to Zeiri through an area in which Shabbat transport should have been prohibited, by making a wall out of human beings: Eruvin 44b
Zeiri speaking to his deceasedhostess, to find out where his money was stored: Berachot 18b
Protesting leniencies, saying, "They have annulled immersion!" [or, possibly, "They have annulled hand-washing!"]: Berachot 22a
Rava said that any pasuk that was not explained by Rav Yitzchak bar Avudimi had not really been explained, and any braita that was not explained by Zeiri had not really been explained: Zevachim 43b
Zeiri of Dihavat
Replying to various sages, "You learn Lesson X from the verse you brought; I learn the same lesson from a different verse": Taanit 7b
Zutra bar Tuvyah
Learning before Rav Yehudah, he repeatedly asked a question which Rav Yehudah didn't answer, until Rav Yehudah got angry and ex-communicated him: Moed Katan 16b
