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Babylonian Talmud rabbi
Rabbi Abba bar Kahana (Hebrew: רבי אבא בר כהנא) was an
amora of the 3rd generation.
His father was
Rav Kahana II. He was born in
Babylonia, and learned in the
beit midrash of Rabbi
Hiyya bar Ashi. He moved to the Land of Israel while Rabbi
Hanina bar Hama was still alive.
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His teachers include Rabbi
Helbo and Rabbi
Yehoshua ben Levi. His colleagues include
Levi II and Rabbi
Zeira.
Rabbi Berekiah cited many teaching in his name, and apparently was his student.
He is principally known for his many
aggadic teachings.
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