Rabbi Simlai

Talmudic Figures

R. Simlai first moved from Babylonia to Lud, but later moved to the Sanhedrin's seat in the Galilee, where he became an important scholar in Rabbi's court. He is known for his debates with Christians, as well as for his homiletical teachings.

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There is a fundamental problem in the mishna that was clarified during the course of a particular incident: Rabbi Simlai came before Rabbi Yoḥanan. He said to him: Would the Master teach me the Book of Genealogies? The Book of Genealogies was a collection of tannaitic teachings that formed a midrash on the book of Chronicles. Rabbi Yoḥanan said to him: Where are you from? He said to him: From Lod. Rabbi Yoḥanan further asked: And where is your present place of residence? He said to him: In Neharde’a…

Pesachim 62b:8-11

The Gemara further suggests: Come and hear, as Rabbi Simlai’s host was a mamzer, and Rabbi Simlai said to him: Had I found out about your status earlier, before you married and had children, I would have purified your sons by advising you to marry a Canaanite maidservant, as suggested by Rabbi Tarfon. The Gemara explains the proof: Granted, if you say that Rabbi Tarfon spoke ab initio, it is well that Rabbi Simlai would suggest this…

Kiddushin 69a:6-7

LIKE RABBI SHMUEL BAR NACHMANI, Rabbi Simlai was also a master of Hagadic interpretation. Hundreds of these are quoted in the Babylonian Talmud in his name, but the Jerusalem Talmud contains only one Hagadic quotation from Rabbi Simlai. Rabbi Simlai was born in Babylonia in the city of Nehardea. The exact location of this city is unknown aside from the fact that it was situated on the river Malka, somewhere between the Tigris and the Euphrates…

The Jewish Spiritual Heroes, Volume II; The Amoraim of Palestine and the Jerusalem Talmud, Rabbi Simlai bar Aba

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c.250 – c.290 CE

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