Blind: Shabbat 109a; Pesachim 116b; Kiddushin 31a
Crying about the potential of early Death: Chagigah 4b
"Mareih De'Avraham!" Exclamation: Eruvin 75b; Ketuvot 2a
The eulogy for Rabbah and Rav Yosef: Moed Katan 25b
Swore off liquor: Pesachim 107a
Labelled himself an Angry person, overly exact in his preferences, and overly merciful: Pesachim 113b
Labelled himself a Delicate person, and so he left the Succah-Hut for relatively mild disturbances: Succah 29a
Was annoyed by the antagonism of the people of Israel toward the Babylonians: R. Shabbat 145b "Amar Rav Yosef"
Said that he found R' Abba's Chicken Medication repugnant enough to spit at its recall: Shabbat 145b
His amnesic illness: Shabbat 146b; Pesachim 13a; Nedarim 41a; Bava Metzia 8b
Rav Yosef's treatment of his mother: Kiddushin 31b
Chopped wood himself to use in cooking for Shabbat: Shabbat 119a
Offering an explanation with the poetic preface: "I learned it, asked it, and am answering it...": Shabbat 121b
Drank wine after blood-letting until it "emerged from the blood-letting wound": Shabbat 129a
Was shaken by drinking a single glass of wine after a hot bath: Shabbat 140a
Made a party when he reached the age of 60: Moed Katan 28a
First said that he would throw a party of it turned out that blind people were exempt from Mitzvot, since he anticipated greater reward for fulfillment; then reversed his statement when he heard that reward is greater for those who are commanded in the Mitzvah: Kiddushin 31a
Exclaimed on excess verbosity in a Sage's statement, "Yud Karat [As large as a City] I see here!": Kiddushin 16b
Exclaimed regarding a sage's interpretation of Gd's methods of punishment, "Who ascended to Heaven, and came and told us?!": Makkot 23b
Rav Yosef offering a numbered set of cases/aws [to ease memorization?]: Shabbat 121b; Eruvin 58a; Pesachim 96a; Megillah 29b
Personal Legal Conduct
Examples of his Translations of Torah: Moed Katan 26a, 28b; Megillah 3a; Nedarim 38a; Kiddushin 13a; Bava Kama 3b
Allowing Students to travel through water on Yom Kippur to hear a class, but not to leave: Yoma 77b Cursing the idea of ending Havdalah with a Double Mention of Separation: Pesachim 104a-b
Said "Magid" on Pesach night in his house, holding that a blind person has the Mitzvah of discussing the departure from Egypt: Pesachim 116b
Said that he was not careful about the dryness/cleanliness of his garment, and so could shake out the water from it on Shabbat: Shabbat 147a
Covering his head in mourning on Shabbat: Moed Katan 24a
Declared that we are no longer expert in the proper writing of a Torah Scroll: Kiddushin 30a
They brought him out for burial even though it was close to the time to recite Shema, out of respect for his status as an "adam chashuv", an important person: Berachot 19a
Rav Yosef asked his servant to bring him extra water for a mitzvah purpose, in order to satisfy the minority view of R' Zakkai: Berachot 25b
Interaction with Abayye and Rava, his students
Abayye terming Rav Yosef "Master [Mar]": Beitzah 7b
Abayye standing as soon as he could see the ear of Rav Yosef's donkey at a distance: Kiddushin 33a
Labelled Abayye and Rava "Dardeki [Children]" for schemes they invented to permit carrying certain items which one may not move on Shabbat: Shabbat 142b
Abayye challenged Rav Yosef on an instruction, and eventually Rav Yosef recanted, because of an anecdote wherein Rav practiced in a way which matched Abayye's opinion: Kiddushin 39a-b
Abayye asked Rav Yosef why he hadn't taught him a specific lesson, and Rav Yosef responded that he hadn't known Abayye was curious about it. Rav Yosef asked, "Have you ever asked me something, and I haven't told it to you?": Megillah 23a
Told Abayye, his student, that Abayye didn't have to lean before him at the "Seder" meal on Pesach night: Pesachim 108a
Rav Yosef chastising Abayye for taking a brief nap: Succah 26b
Rav Yosef wanted to permit a certain case, but when opposed by Abayye he said, "He won't let me permit it": Bava Metzia 29b
A case was brought to Rav Yosef, who said, "This doesn't require examination," and Abayye replied, "This requires extra examination!": Bava Metzia 16a
Reminded by Abayye of a lesson he had taught before his amnesic illness, and then forgotten: Eruvin 10a, 41a, 66b, 73a, 89b; Nedarim 41a; Bava Metzia 8b; Makkot 4a
Abayye stated a lesson before Rav Safra, who corrected him. When Abayye told the correction to Rav Yosef, Rav Yosef rebuked him for not asking a certain question against Rav Safra's correction: Eruvin 45b
The people of Kakunai asked Rav Yosef to set up arrangement merging their properties so they could transport items between them on Shabbat. Rav Yosef sent Abayye, with the instruction, "Make sure they won't protest in the Study Hall." After several re-analyses of the situation's requirements, in which Abayye successively required less and less of them, Abayye said, "That's what my master meant." [Tosafot - Meaning not to demand too much of the people]: Eruvin 60a
Rav Yosef taught Abayye an opinion of R' Yitzchak. Abayye asked whether that was from a tradition, or R' Yitzchak's own logical conclusion. Rav Yosef asked what the difference was, to which Abayye responded, "Is learning the Gemara like singing a song?!": Eruvin 60a
Abayye had a question against a ruling by Rabbah, but it was on a rabbinic prohibition and Rav Yosef had taught Abayye that in such a case one should ask after the fact: Eruvin 67b-68a
Abayye asking Rav Yosef whether he would be allowed to sit on the part of a tree which grew in his house and extended up somewhat through a skylight: Eruvin 100a
Abayye was once teaching a lesson, and Rav Safra stumped him with a question. Abayye re-told the exchange to Rav Yosef, who asked, "Why didn't you just answer X?" Abayye had held differently from idea X, though: Eruvin 103a
Interaction with other Sages
Rav Yosef called "Rabbeinu" by Rava Bar Rabbah: Shabbat 123a
Rav Yosef called Rav Yehudah "Master [Mar]": Bava Metzia 8b
Rabbah and Rav Yosef travelling together: Eruvin 51a
Rabbah making a statement in the name of R' Yosi to Rav Yosef, not because R' Yosi actually said it, but because that way Rav Yosef would accept it: Eruvin 51a
Placing Rav Natan Bar Asya in ex-communication for travelling on the Rabbinically Instituted Second Day of Holidays outside Israel: Pesachim 52a
"The carpenter is burnt using the spoon he made"-referring to an answer on R' Yehudah from his own statement: Pesachim 28a
Rav Dimi learned a law in Israel, and said, "If I had someone to do it, I would send a letter to tell this to Rav Yosef in Bavel!: Temurah 14a
Rav Yosef said of a proof brought from a statement of R' Evyatar, "Who says that he is reliable?": Gittin 6b
Rav Yosef speaking to Yosef Shaida: Pesachim 110a
Rav Yosef alleging that Rav Safra praised Rav Huna Beraih DeRav Ika and agreed with him because he was more lenient: Pesachim 52b
Reminded by Rav Ada Bar Matna of a lesson he had taught before his amnesic illness: Pesachim 13a
Reminded by Rav Shemuel Bar Bar Chanah of a lesson he had taught pre-amnesia: Shabbat 146b
Rav Yosef taught a lesson in the name of Rebbe. Rav Bibi said, "Don't listen to him. I taught him that in the name of Rav Ada bar Ahavah, and I used the word 'Rabim.'" Rav Yosef exclaimed, "Master of Abraham! 'Rebbe' was switched for 'Rabim!': Eruvin 75b
Asking R' Zeira to ask Ulla a question for him: Pesachim 37b
Rav Yosef was afraid to ex-communicate a powerful person who was harrassing a young scholar, so he did it in secret: Moed Katan 17a-b
Rav Huna challenged the attribution of a statement by Rav Yosef, angering him to the point where Rav Yosef turned his face away: Succah 11a
Rav Yosef would periodically test Rav Chisda to see whether he would answer a simple legal question during Rav Huna's lifetime, and Rav Chisda would not do it: Eruvin 62b
Rav Yosef reciting something he had learned, in front of Rav Huna: Eruvin 7a
Rav Yosef stated a law regarding two cases, and Rav Huna bar Chinina asked, "You only taught this regarding one of those cases!": Eruvin 14b
Rav Yosef citing the practice of R' Chiyya: Niddah 14a
Rav Acha bar Huna sending a question to Rav Yosef: Kiddushin 12b
Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak quoting Rav Yosef's view on a law, and terming him "Sinai": Eruvin 30a
Rav Yosef said of Rav Nachman, "He analyzed these verses like Sinai!": Kiddushin 20b
Rav Yosef said to Rav Shemuel bar Bisna, "You hurt me! [Rashi's trans.]" when Rav Shemuel misinterpreted a Mishnah: Kiddushin 26b
Rav Kahana refusing to eat anything when he visited Rav Yosef, to the point of swearing that he wouldn't eat: Nedarim 22b
Rav Yosef said of Rav Menasya bar Seguvli, "May his Master forgive him," when Rav Menasya misquoted a lesson Rav Yosef had taught him: Eruvin 29a
Rav Yosef said of Geniva, "May his Master forgive him," for a lesson Geniva had taught: Berachot 25a
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
Rabbah and Rav Yosef were attending R' Sheshet's class, and R' Sheshet reported a statement by Rav. Rabbah nodded approval, but Rav Yosef disagreed: Eruvin 65b
Rav Yosef saying, after learning something, "Now I understand what I heard R' Tavla saying...": Eruvin 75a
Rav Tuvi bereih deRav Nechemiah asking Rav Yosef a halachic question regarding a barrel of wine he owned: Beitzah 12b
Rav Yosef, or perhaps R' Akiva, second-guessing R' Yochanan ben Zakkai's replies to Vespasian: Gittin 56b
