Jeremiah (II)

In his early days he was the pupil of Yochanan bar Nafcha. Later he moved to Babylon which was a center for Yeshiva academies at the time, and where his pupils, Rav Huna and Rav Nachman were located.Babylon Talmud, Tractate Gittin 39b R. Jeremiah was the eldest of R. Yochanan bar Nafcha's pupils, and thus he said to R. Abbahu that there is a need to prefer his and R. Abin and R. Measha's opinion over the opinions of R. Abbahu and the rest of the young pupils.Babylon Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra, 142b

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Category:Talmud rabbis of Syria Palaestina

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