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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - AMORA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Palestinian Amoraim are distinguished by their simple method of teaching and expounding the Mishnah.
		The period of the Babylonian Amoraim is generally divided into six minor periods or generations, which are determined by the beginning and the end of the activity of their most prominent teachers.
		The Amoraim were followed by the Saboraim, who gave to the Talmud its finishing touch.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1421&letter=A (768 words)

	Amoraim - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Amoraim, rabbinical teachers of ancient Palestine and of Babylonia, an ancient country in Mesopotamia.
		The Amoraim flourished from the time of the...
		During the first six centuries of the exile, the teachers and rabbis set down the great body of oral law and religious interpretation in the Mishnah...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Amoraim.html (56 words)

	Amoraim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Amoraim (Aramaic, "spokemen") were Jewish scholars who interpreted the Midrash in Palestine and Babylonia between 200 and 500 AD.
		These scholars ordained by the Nasi and the Sanbedrin in Palestine were given the title of Rabbi, whereas the Babylonian scholars were referred to as "Rav." Besides teaching, the amoriam fulfilled community duties such as acting as judges and dispersing charitable funds.
		Over two thousand amoraim can be identified for over three hundred years, but there is inevitable confusion over some of the names.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/a/amoraim.html (174 words)

	Reason vs Reputation – Law vs Philosophy
		All Tanaaim and Amoraim (Rabbis of the Talmud) unanimously consented on the body of Oral Law, Written law, and what was the Halacha in all areas.
		All Talmudic Tanaaim and Amoraim unanimously agree, the Talmud is the basis for Halacha.
		The rule is this; if an authoritative body - Tanaaim, Amoraim and Rishonim - unanimously consented to what the boundaries of Jewish law are, and what their rules of interpretaion are, no one has greater authority with which to oppose the originators.
	www.mesora.org /ReasonvsReputation.html (1482 words)

	JewishGates.Com - The Definitive Source for Talmudic Learning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		All of the discussions by the Amoraim were transmitted orally from one generation to the next, including all additions to the extant arguments.
		Some Amoraim assumed that the Tannaim had made their legal decisions based on fundamental principles, and they loved to push these "principles" to their ultimate logical conclusions.
		These same Amoraim assumed that each specific Tanna was consistent in all of his legal decisions and tried to justify all contradictions.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=131 (1836 words)

	Volume II: Historical and Literary Introduction to the New Edition of the Talmud: Chapter III: The Amoraim or ...
		The Palestinian Amoraim, having generally been ordained by the Nasi, had the title of Rabbi, while the Babylonian teachers of that period had only the title of Rab or of Mar.
		The period of Amoraim extends from the death of R. Jehuda Hanasi to the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud; that is, from the beginning of the third to the end of the fifth century.
		All the Palestinian Amoraim named here are very often mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, and as their biographical sketches are interesting we could not omit them.
	www.sacred-texts.com /jud/t10/ht203.htm (4696 words)

	Chapters On Jewish Literature - Chapter III. The Talmud (by Israel Abrahams)
		The Amoraim compile the Palestinian Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud.–Representative Amoraim: I (220-280) Palestine–Jochanan, Simon, Joshua, Simlai; Babylonia–Rab and Samuel.
		Like the Tannaim, the Amoraim were often artisans, field-laborers, or physicians, whose heart was certainly in literature, but whose hand was turned to the practical affairs of life.
		The oldest of the Amoraim, Chanina, the son of Chama, of Sepphoris (180-260), was such a firm mountain of ancient learning.
	www.authorama.com /chapters-on-jewish-literature-4.html (1801 words)

	Revadim
		Talmud lessons given in the academies of the later Amoraim (5th century), Saboraim (6th century) and Gaonim (7th century on) included sources from the Tannaim (1st - 2nd centuries) and early Amoraim augmented by commentary and analysis of later teachers.
		This comparison of Tannaitic sources is preparation for study of the Amoraim in the Talmud, who concentrated on resolution of contradictions in tannaitic sources.
		Amoraim interpret Mishnah, compare and contrast parallel tannaitic texts, add their own layers of commentary, opinion and discussion, and deal with matters untreated in tannaitic sources.
	www.lookstein.org /articles/revadim.htm (2237 words)

	Sages, Stories, Authors, and Editors...: Preface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ancient rabbis are sages who advocated a life of devotion to and study of Torah, the traditional law and lore of the Jewish people, as interpreted by the rabbis themselves.
		This system will be utilized throughout this book, with the term "first-generation Amoraim" referring to rabbis who flourished during the first half of the 3rd century C.E., shortly after the final editing of the Mishna.
		The term "second-generation Amoraim" refers to rabbis who flourished immediately after the first-generation rabbis, and so on until the seventh Amoraic generation, which is comprised of rabbis who lived during the late 5th and early 6th centuries C.E. There is little uniformity among scholars regarding the contribution of post-Amoraic generations to the Talmud.
	learn.jtsa.edu /topics/reading/bookexc/sages/preface.shtml (1336 words)

	The Observant Astronomer: Rational Rabbis
		By the time the amoraim were developing the Bavli, the anti-traditionalist position was triumphant and the issue no longer in dispute.
		Fisch does a much better job of discussing the implications of this sugya than I ever could, but the essence of the discussion is that although Rav's dictum stands in blatant contradiction to the proceeding mishnah, the confrontation is completely ignored, and the later position is adopted as normative.
		It is as if to highlight the fact that the amoraim felt free to rewrite the halachic system where necessary.
	observantastronomer.blogspot.com /2005/07/rational-rabbis.html (1265 words)

	Jewish History 200-300 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Talmud is comprised of both the Mishna and the commentary of the Amoraim.
		The commentary of the Amoraim was written in Aramaic, the common language of the area.
		The Judean Amoraim subordinated themselves to their Babylonian colleagues.
	www.jewishhistory.org.il /200.htm (924 words)

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		Amoraim is a term which means " speaker " and refers to the Jewish scholars who were active from the period of the closing of the Mishna till toward the end of the fifth century.
		The most celebrated of the Amoraim was Johanan bar Nappaha (d.
		As early as Tanna Judah ben Il'ai mention is made of mnemonic signs, and these were used in manuscript for convenience and for saving of time and space; collections of these abbreviations were employed by the Tannaim, also the abbreviations themselves were used by those who collected and arranged the Babylonian Talmud.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc11/htm/old/0279=259.htm (901 words)

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		They were particularly stringent with young women who married after reaching the age when they might experience their first mens trual flow, limiting the time during which a flow of blood could be attributed to defloration to the first intercourse, or, at most, to the entire nuptial night.
		Babylonian Amoraim ruled even more stringently: "The husband may perform the first intercourse, which is a mitzvah, but then he must separate himself from his bride." The Amoraim of the Land of Israel seem to have ruled stringently for themselve s, while not requiring the same of others.
		Several Amoraim quoted in the sugya also appear to have viewed the prohibition as limited in this way, for they described how the prohibition went into effect beginning with the gentile's preparations for the par ty, and continued up to thirty days, or twelve months, later.
	www.biu.ac.il /js/sidra/eng/VOL5E.HTM (2140 words)

	Sages, Stories, Authors, and Editors...: Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I ask whether these Amoraim are presented as saints or as sinners, as scholars or ignoramuses, as friends and colleagues or as barely on speaking terms.
		Most likely, this story derives from sources sympathetic to Yehuda and hostile to Nahman, since one of the story's central concerns is to demonstrate the superiority of Yehuda, the Pumbeditan, whose mastery of the teachings of the great Nehardean sage, Shmuel, contrasts sharply with the ignorance of Shmuel's Nehardean successor, Nahman.
		I concluded in an earlier study that statements by the overwhelming majority of fourth-generation Amoraim are preserved in the Talmud primarily to the extent to which they have a bearing upon a handful of important Amoraim.
	learn.jtsa.edu /topics/reading/bookexc/sages/chapter1.shtml (6286 words)

	Rabbi Mordechai Willig
		These Amoraim explain the apparent conflict between the Pasuk ואספת דגניך as opposed to the advice given to Yehoshua לא ימוש ספר התורה הזה מפיך.
		In Menachot (99a) there is a dispute between Amoraim on how to fulfill the mitzvah of לחם פנים לפני תמיד.
		Does tamid mean constantly, every second, requiring the Kohanim to insert the new breads while removing the old ones or does it mean simply that a night cannot pass without the bread.
	www.613.org /kollel.html (1519 words)

	Michael L. Rodkinson: The History of the Talmud - 6
		The collection of the commentaries and discussions of the Amoraim on the Mishna is termed Gemara.
		It was continued and completed by his disciples and successors, especially by the last Amoraim, Rabina II, who from 488 to 499 presided over the academy in Sura, and R. Jose, the school-head of Pumbaditha.
		Quotations from Mishna and Boraitha, and sayings of the elder Amoraim are given in the original, that is, the New Hebrew (Mishnic) language, while forms of judicial and notary documents and popular legends of later origin are often given in the Aramaic idiom.
	www.come-and-hear.com /talmud/rodkin_ii2.html (9380 words)

	Gemorah
		The Gemora ("Completion") was compiled by the generation of Jewish scholars called the Amoraim between 200 CE and 400 CE.
		Unlike the Mishnah, which was written in Hebrew, Gemora is written in Aramaic with a mixture of Hebrew.
		This practice reflects the philosophical belief that no matter how many times one learns the Talmud, there is always something still to be learned.
	www.jewishnaturecenter.org /html/gemorah.html (291 words)

	What Is the Talmud? - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
		Toward the end of the fourth and in the beginning of the fifth centuries C.E., the situation became particularly difficult for the Jews in Palestine.
		While the academies in Palestine were on the decline, the Babylonian Amoraim were reaching the peak of their abilities.
		The Hebrew word "Talmud" means "study" or "learning." The Amoraim of Palestine and Babylonia had set out to study, or analyze, the Mishnah.
	watchtower.org /e/19980515a/article_01.htm (1782 words)

	Jerusalem Talmud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Compilation of the laws and discussions of the Amoraim in Eretz Israel, mainly in the academy of Tiberias.
		It was started in the academy of R. Johanan and its final form was completed around the beginning of the 5th century CE.
		We do not know who were the final editors, but the most important in the sixth and last generation of Amoraim in Eretz Israel were R. Yose bar Abin and his son, R. Samuel.
	www.ort.org /ort/edu/rolnik/halacha/talmudj.htm (91 words)

	Avodah V6 #98
		CI: His own opinion is that Amoraim decided they were not on the level of Tannaim and so undertook not to argue.
		REW responds: agrees that Amoraim were not on level of Tannaim and Geonim not on level of Amoraim.
		However, the reason is not because there was a meeting of all the sages but rather that the finishing of the Mishna or Gemara had the status of a Takanah and so the Gra is correct in his analogy.
	www.aishdas.org /avodah/vol06/v06n098.shtml (4707 words)

	How Many Lights? - Inner Dimensions - Chanukah - Hanukkah
		One states that the rationale of the School of Shammai focuses on the days which are yet to be celebrated, while the School of Hillel focuses on the days which have already been celebrated.
		Therefore, even though one is unable to light the full number of candles that the conscientious commitment of mehadrin min hamehadrin would require, it is preferable to light the maximum number of candles one can, and thus accentuate the importance of more of the days of the holiday.
		When viewing the difference of opinion between the two amoraim in the abstract, the variance between their views can be seen as a reflection of a question of a greater scope:
	www.chabad.org /holidays/chanukah/article.asp?AID=104113 (1289 words)

	The Talmud - Torah.org
		Line by line, word by word, the rabbis of the Gemara (known as Amoraim) examine the Mishna and explain its intentions.
		The goal of an Amorah was to explain, to clarify and often to resolve contradictions between one Mishna and another in order to come to the correct ruling - the Halacha.
		But it wasn't just Halacha that occupied the Amoraim, as the Gemara is much more than just a dry legal text book.
	www.torah.org /learning/basics/primer/torah/gemarah.html (588 words)

	Volume II: Historical and Literary Introduction to the New Edition of the Talmud: Part III: Method of Translation
		Boraitha, "we have learned in a Tosephta or a Boraitha," and for the sayings of the Amoraim, "it was taught." Thus have we also corrected in the second edition of the first and the fourth volumes: Remark 2.
		To save space we did not adopt the method of the German translators who usually write question and answer to each paragraph where such is to be found; we have indicated the question by an interrogation point, and immediately follows the answer without being so marked.
		Hannah, the size of its offspring of one day was equal to forty miles, hence it could not in any way be entered in the ark, the answer comes that its snout only was in the ark, and the rest of the body was swimming in the water.
	www.sacred-texts.com /jud/t10/ht214.htm (1926 words)

	Living Halacha (Q&A) - Letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It seems clear to me that the intention is to formulate a rule regarding discussions specifically amongst the Amoraim.
		The reason is simple: the Talmudhim are, according to Tradition, the final authority (until the advent of the Sanhedrin).
		This could not be said about any one particular Amora; all the Amoraim were great and holy, but there was no compelling reason or accepted method to accept the view of one over another.
	www.torahlight.com /halkhabathre.html (436 words)

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		The hypothesis that best accounts for all of the evidence in light of the accepted theories concerning the literary strata of the Bavli is that rabbinic academies arose in Babylonia during the stammaitic period, between 450-600 CE.
		That it is only used of latter amoraim perhaps implies that it was applied accurately to those sages who really were Heads of Academies.
		In any case, even the application of the term to the later amoraim such as Mar bar Rav Ashi (BB 12b) is the point at issue.
	www.biu.ac.il /js/JSIJ/1-2002/Rubenstein.doc (4121 words)

	Talmud (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Many are afraid to inform themselves, as this may be too difficult or too tedious; others (the anti-Semites) do not want correct information to be spread on this subject, because this would interfere seriously with their use of the Talmud as a means for their agitation against the Jews.
		The Palestinian Talmud gives the discussions of the Palestinian Amoraim, teaching from the 3rd century AD until the beginning of the 5th, especially in the schools or academies of Tiberias, Caesarea and Sepphoris.
		Among the greatest Babylonian Amoraim are the following (compare Introduction, 99 ff.): 1st generation: Abba Arikha or, shortly, Rab in Cura (died 247 AD).
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/Topic/Talmud (3340 words)

	Page 256
		Originally a controlling factor in the arrangement was the length of the tracts, partly due to the teacher's desire to utilize the zeal of the student in mastering the longer treatises while he was fresh to the subject.
		In elucidating the Mishna, the same rules were employed as on the written law of Moses.
		The relation of the Amoraim to the Mishna was very like that of the Tannaim to the Torah.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc11/htm/old/0276=256.htm (884 words)

	Ibn Daud, Avraham Biography \| eorl_06_package.xml
		The Book of Tradition consists of a history of (1) the biblical period, (2) the Second Commonwealth, (3) the tannaim, (4) the amoraim, (5) the savoraim, (6) the Geonim, and (7) the rabbis after the Geonic period.
		The seventh part of the book is considered authoritative for the history of Andalusian Jewry, because it in effect amounts to an eyewitness report.
		But the earlier sections of the history also continue to have great authority for modern Jewish history; for example, they remain the basis for the list of the generations of tannaim and amoraim in the studies of classical Judaism by scholars such as Isaac Weiss, Hermann Strack, and G. Moore.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/ibn-daud-avraham-eorl-06 (1095 words)

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