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Abaye (or Abbaye) () was an amora of the fourth generation of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia. He was born about the close of the third century and died in 337.

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Abaye
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File:Tomb of Tannaim Abaye and Rava ap 002.jpg
Person.caption
Tomb of Abaye and Rava
Person.birth_name
Naḥmani
Person.birth_date
c. 280
Person.birth_place
Lower Mesopotamia
Person.death_date
337
Person.death_place
Lower Mesopotamia
Person.occupation
Rabbi, Talmudist
Person.known_for
Talmudic scholar and amora of the fourth generation
Person.notable_works
Head of the Pumbedita Academy
Person.burial_place
Jamnith, Upper Galilee

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  • Biography
  • His name
  • His childhood and teachers
  • His friends
  • As the Head of the Academy
  • Bar Hedya and the Dreams of Abbaye and Rava
  • Family
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  • Teachings
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Abaye (or Abbaye) () was an amora of the fourth generation of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia. He was born about the close of the third century and died in 337.

==Biography== Abbaye, according to Talmudic tradition, was the rosh yeshiva (academic head) of Pumbedita Academy until the day of his death. He was known as a modest and honest man, supporting himself through farming. He lived most of his life in poverty. Abbaye was born as the only son of Kilil. His father died before Abbaye was born, and his mother died during childbirth; he was adopted by his uncle, Rabbah bar Nahmani.

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