Cameo Appearances in the Talmud

Sent by Rav Yehudah to bring Rabbah Bar Bar Chanah to his Class: Shabbat 148a

Allowing a Bride to pass first: Ketuvot 17a
Time of day when he usually ate: Pesachim 107b
Taking a census of the Jews by counting the Pesach Offerings they brought: Pesachim 64b
R' Eliezer answering questions from Aggripas's aide, on the aide's obligation in the Mitzvah of Succah: Succah 27a

In Rebbe's Class, Speaking Slander on R' Yishmael B"R Yosi, getting Tzaraat & ex-communication: Yevamot 105b
His daughters-in-law, who were orphaned minors, refused arranged marriages to his sons: Yevamot 108a

Thought it made no sense to cook a whole animal for The Meal After Shabbat and eat only part, as his father did, so he simply held over from the meal Erev Shabbat, and a lion came and ate his animal anyway: Shabbat 119b

Associating with Shemuel, who didn't tell him of a specific cure: Shabbat 129a

Bar Avin's eulogy for Raveina, and Rav Huna's dissatisfaction with it; as a result of Rav Huna's anger, Bar Avin's foot became deformed: Moed Katan 25b
Rava having Bar Avin compose a poem before they crossed the Diglas River: Moed Katan 25b

His household was known as a powerful one; they would force theit debtors to pay immediately: Gittin 14a

Was bitten by a snake, and couldn't find materials needed for a cure: Shabbat 110a
The Above was because he broke a mourning-decree of Rav Yitzchak Bar Bisna following the death of Rav: Shabbat 110a

Bar Kipok's eulogy for Raveina, and Rav Huna's dissatisfaction with it; as a result of Rav Huna's anger, Bar Kipok's foot became deformed: Moed Katan 25b

Sold property, and it was unclear if he was Sane when he sold it: Ketuvot 20a

An expert baker, Baytus ben Zonin was able to make bread in the form of designs for Pesach without fear of it becoming Leaven: Pesachim 37a
Baytus ben Zonin's involvement in a case which, according to some sages, was a violation of interest: Megillah 27b; Bava Metzia 63a-b
Baytus ben Zonin's practice of lending money and holding a field as collateral, and claiming the field as payment if the loan had not been paid by a certain date: Bava Metzia 65b

Beluria the Convert asked him to balance Gd's Impartiality with the Promise of Reward for Mitzvos; R' Yosi HaKohen answered her, instead: Rosh HaShanah 17b

Bringing first-born Kosher animals from outside Israel as offerings; they were not accepted: Temurah 21a

Supporting Yerushalayim during a Roman siege: Gittin 56a
How he received his name: Gittin 56a

Talmudic citation of Ben Sira: Eruvin 54a; Niddah 16b

A shoteh, he scratched Egyptian magics in his skin to smuggle them from Egypt: Shabbat 104b

Supporting Yerushalayim during a Roman siege: Gittin 56a
How he received his name: Gittin 56a

Was the daughter of R' Chanina Ben Teradyon: Pesachim 62b
Beruriah and R' Meir, against antagonistic Biryonim: Berachot 10a
Beruriah vs. A Tzidduki, on the future of the Jews: Berachot 10a
Learned 300 Classes in one day, from 300 Rebbeim; and yet couldn't finish the Book of Lineage in 3 years: Pesachim 62b
R' Yosi haGelili once met Beruriah on the road, and asked her, "Which way is it to go to Lud?" She responded, "Foolish Galilean, didn't the sages say that you should not engage overly much in idle speech with a woman? You should have said, 'Where to Lud!'": Eruvin 53b
Beruriah once met a student who was studying quietly. She kicked him, and taught him that one's learning will be preserved only if he engages all of his limbs in it: Eruvin 53b-54a

Bunyus ben Bunyus was a wealthy man who leased out his properties but retained the right to store his own property there, and command control of specific areas: Eruvin 85b
Bunyus ben Bunyus came before Rebbe, and Rebbe said, "Make way for the man who is worth 100 Maneh." Then another man came, and Rebbe said, "Make way for the man who is worth 200 Maneh." R' Yishmael B"R Yosi protested, "Rebbe, Bunyus's father owns 1000 boats at sea, and 1000 cities on land!" Rebbe replied, "When you see his father, tell him not to send his son before me in this sort of garb": Eruvin 85b-86a

Kidnapped, and made themselves legally permissible to their husbands: Ketuvot 23a
Termed "Benan DeMuryan [Children of Teaching of Halachah]": Ketuvot 23a

Born on a Sunday: Shabbat 156a
Head of a band of thieves: Shabbat 156a

R' Eliezer had a student named Yehudah ben Guria who issued a legal ruling before him. R' Eliezer told his wife, Eima Shalom, that he didn't think Yehudah ben Guria would live out the year, and that was what happened. R' Eliezer said this was not prophecy; it was the law.: Eruvin 63a
Rabban Gamliel's fatal punishment for ex-communicating R' Eliezer, a punishment he suffered despite the best efforts of Eima Shalom - Rabban Gamliel's sister and R' Eliezer's wife: Bava Metzia 59b

Ex-communicated for disdaining ritual hand-washing: Berachot 19a

Murderer: Ketuvot 27a

Was willing to give up his life to Wear Phylacteries, and a miracle saved him when he was caught by the Romans: Shabbat 130a

He was kohen gadol: Pesachim 57a-b; Keritot 28b
The Beit haMikdash crying out in outrage at the presence of kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] disrespectfully - Chofni and Pinchas, and Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai - and crying out to welcome kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] with love - Yochanan ben Nadbai student of Pinkai, and Elisha ben Pika'i student of Pinchas: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b

Commenting on a statement by Rav Chisda: Makkot 23a

Questioning a Mishnaic analysis, to Rava: Makkot 8a-8b

Entering a legal dispute as an authoritative source: Niddah 8b, 9a
Citing Rava: Makkot 11a
Citing R' Yochanan: Zevachim 12b
Teaching a lesson in the school of R' Shimon bar Yochai: Makkot 19b

Wanted to add gold to the Temple Walls, but the Rabbis preferred the marble he had used, which gave it a marine appearance: Succah 51b

Keeping a Nazirite vow outside Israel, and then coming to Israel: Ketuvot 7a
The structure of her Succah: Succah 2b-3a
Her 7 sons: Succah 2b-3a
Hilni made sure that all of her actions were in accordance with the Sages' instructions: Succah 2b-3a
Her Modesty: Succah 3a

His father vowed to forbid use of his property to Hurkenus, because he didn't learn Torah: Shabbat 127b

A witness to a loan, who was also related to the co-signer on the loan: Makkot 7a

Reading the Torah before Rav Huna: Megillah 31b

As a Powerful Person: Ketuvot 27b
And the man who claimed to be his long-lost brother: Ketuvot 27b, Bava Metzia 39b-40a
Mar Zutra Refused to eat the fruit brought by Mari bar Isak's worker, although Ameimar and Rav Ashi ate it, even after Mari appeared and approved; was afraid that Mari was only approving out of embarrassment: Bava Metzia 22a

Her son's prodigious strength: Succah 52b
Marta's suffering and death during the Roman siege of Jerusalem: Gittin 56a

His household squeezed pomegranates on Shabbat: Shabbat 144b
Just because he lived in the generation of Sages of the Mishnah, that doesn't mean he is a "Sage of the Mishnah": Shabbat 144b

Used to collect wheat from the field at the beginning of the harvest, to guard it for Matzah: Pesachim 40a-b

Curing someone of "Giluya": Shabbat 109b

The modesty of Kimchit in the way she covered her hair, and the reward she received of having her sons become kohen gadol: Yoma 47a

Customs of his household: Niddah 17a

Supporting Yerushalayim during a Roman siege: Gittin 56a
How he received his name: Gittin 56a

Mute: Chagigah 3a
Were discovered to be well-versed in learning, when they were cured: Chagigah 3a

Onkelos translated the Torah into Aramaic, transcribing from the words of R' Eliezer and R' Yehoshua: Megillah 3a

Onkelos bar Klonikos pursuing conversion, and consulting his uncle Titus, Bilam and Jews who had sinned, via necromancy: Gittin 56b-57a

Treated his wife, who was a minor, poorly; so the Rabbis treated him poorly in providing her a way out of the marriage: Yevamot 107b

In Utero, hungry on Yom Kippur: Yoma 82b-83a

Involvement in Talmudic debate: Nedarim 33b

A witness to a loan, who was also related to the co-signer on the loan: Makkot 7a

Coming to testify on the New Moon: Rosh HaShanah 22a

Was Rabban Gamliel's Sister: Shabbat 116a
Combining with Rabban Gamliel to expose a bribe-taking Antagonist of Torah: Shabbat 116a-b

Expert in examining meat for Forbidden Fat, so he could give her un-cut meat on Friday: Chagigah 5a
Was made sick by Going to the Ritual Bath within 30 days of giving birth: Shabbat 129a

Preparing food for R' Chiyya Bar Ashi: Shabbat 109a

Rav Yehudah answering a question of his: Megillah 23a

Yalta brought blood to Rabbah bar bar Chanah to check, and he ruled it impure, and then to Rav Yitzchak beraih deR' Yehudah and he ruled it pure: Niddah 20b

The punishment of Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai via King Yannai and his wife, who were insulted by his disrespect for them in answering their culinary question: Pesachim 57a-b [which does not name the king]; Keritot 28b
King Yannai and his wife debating

He was kohen gadol: Pesachim 57a-b; Keritot 28b
The Beit haMikdash crying out in outrage at the presence of kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] disrespectfully - Chofni and Pinchas, and Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai - and crying out to welcome kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] with love - Yochanan ben Nadbai student of Pinkai, and Elisha ben Pika'i student of Pinchas: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b
Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai's disdain for the service in the Beit haMikdash, wrapping his hands in silks to avoid dirtying himself with the korbanot: Keritot 28b
The punishment of Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai via King Yannai and his wife, who were insulted by his disrespect for them in answering their culinary question: Pesachim 57a-b [which does not name the king]; Keritot 28b

He was kohen gadol: Pesachim 57a-b; Keritot 28b
The Beit haMikdash crying out in outrage at the presence of kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] disrespectfully - Chofni and Pinchas, and Yissachar Ish Kfar Barkai - and crying out to welcome kohanim who treated the Avodah [service] with love - Yochanan ben Nadbai student of Pinkai, and Elisha ben Pika'i student of Pinchas: Pesachim 57a; Keritot 28a-b
Yochanan ben Nadbai ate prodigiously of the korbanot, so that nothing was left after its proper time for consumption: Keritot 28a-b

Rather than tell the Rabbis that the wheat was bad, he told them the Barley was good; should have told them last year's wheat was good: Pesachim 3b
Going to Rebbe to ask what to do with a Charge of Leaven which was going to be lost over Pesach: Pesachim 13a

Story of finding a gem in Shabbat fish: Shabbat 119a

Brought fowl and milk to Levi to eat: Shabbat 130a

How much Torah he was taught by his grandfather: Kiddushin 30a

Informing R' Tzaddok that it was time to burn Leaven before Pesach: Pesachim 49a

Grain fell from the clouds, covering his property several inches deep: Menachos 69b

Destroyed the population of the Synagogue of Alexandria: Succah 51b

And Shimon HaTzaddik: Yoma 69a

Asking R' Yehoshua Ben Chanania to give him the "special spice" of Shabbat: Shabbat 119a
Asking R' Yehoshua Ben Chanania why he no longer came to Bei Avidan to debate with Antagonists of Torah: Shabbat 152a
Friendly with R' Avahu: Yoma 73a, Ketuvot 17a

Received one of the 3 troves of gold which Yosef left in Egypt: Pesachim 119a

How he honored his father, at his own personal expense and sacrifice: Kiddushin 31a [2x]
How he honored his mother: Kiddushin 31a

Rav Nachman's opinion of the value of an eved: Bava Metzia 64b
Daru waking Rav Nachman for Shema: Berachot 13b
Daru dancing in the pubs: Bava Metzia 64b
Rav Nachman asked Daru how he would feel if he was freed, and Rav Nachman considered Daru's response to be the fulfillment of "Mah Nishtanah" on Pesach Night: Pesachim 116a

Mother of Shabur Malka: Niddah 20b
Testing Rava: Niddah 20b

Lived in a property abutting a common alley, and refused to rent out his share over Shabbat so that the neighboring Jews could merge their properties for the purpose of transporting through the area on Shabbat: Eruvin 63b-64a

Dying before her time: Chagigah 4b-5a

The writing of the Septuagint: Megillah 9a-b
His wife's name: Megillah 9b

Paid by Rava not to harass him, then did so anyway as the result of an Evil Eye of Jealousy: Chagigah 5a-b
Rebbe was richer than him: Shabbat 113b
Shabur Malka once killed 12,000 Jews who had antagonized him: Moed Katan 26a
Shabur Malka expressed pride to Shemuel in the fact that he never killed Jews [without cause]: Moed Katan 26a
Shemuel used to juggle 80 glass cups of wine to entertain Shabur Malka: Succah 53a
Shabur Malka challenged his mother, Ifra Hormiz, to test Rava: Niddah 20b
Shabur Malka's taxes are a Divine punishment for those who lend money for interest: Bava Metzia 70b

Rav Ashi reporting that Persian King Yezdegerd told Rav Huna to lower his belt [to the position in which it was worn in the Beit haMikdash], because that style would be more dignified and reflecting of a nation of priests: Zevachim 19a

He was "Rauy Leesamech - Fit to be relied on for Law": Yoma 87a
"Kasher Hayah" -He was "Kosher": Berachot 16b
Rabban Gamliel accepted the Mourners' Consolation for him: Berachot 16b
Rabban Gamliel called his eved, Tavi, a scholar for sleeping under a bed in the Succah because he knew that avadim were exempt from the Mitzvah of Succah: Succah 20b


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