Rabba bar Nahmani
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Rabba bar Nahmani 🌐

רבה בר נחמני (Known as "Rabbah")
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Born c. 270 CE 🌐 Babylonia, Sasanian Empire
Passed Away c. 330 CE Pumbedita, Sasanian Empire
Lifespan 60 years old
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"A person is obligated to learn Torah even when the Angel of Death stands at the doorway."

Archival Overview

Head of the Pumbedita Academy renowned as an 'Uprooter of Mountains' (Oker Harim) for his sharp dialectical genius and devotion to studying ritual purity laws.

Biographical Record

Rabba bar Nahmani (c. 270–330 CE) led the prestigious Pumbedita Academy for twenty-two years, legendary for his brilliant analytical disputes with his colleague Rav Yosef.

During his biannual Kallah assemblies, up to 12,000 scholars gathered to learn from him. According to the Talmud, his soul departed while debating purity laws with the Heavenly Court.

Key Life Milestones

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Dean of Pumbedita Academy

Assumed leadership of Pumbedita, pioneering the rigorous question-and-answer Talmudic pilpul method.

330

The Heavenly Debate

Passed away in a thicket while studying, recorded in the Talmud as deciding a dispute for the Heavenly Academy.

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Final Resting Place

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Ancient Cemetery of Pumbedita
Fallujah, Iraq
GPS: 33.3500, 43.7833
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