Aha_b._Jacob

Aha bar Jacob

Aha bar Jacob

Babylonian Amora

Rav Aha bar Jacob (or R. Aha bar Ya'akov; Hebrew: רבי אחא בר יעקב) was an Babylonian rabbi of the third and fourth generations of Amoraim.

He was one of the disciples of Rav Huna.[1] He was also one of the prominent Jewish leaders of Papunia.[2] In the Talmud it is said that he was a man of great piety and a great scholar.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Babylonian Talmud, Yebamoth 64
  2. [2]
    Babylonian Talmud, Hullin 17
  3. [3]
    Sukkah 38; Erubin 63


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