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Rabbi Simlai (
Hebrew : רבי שמלאי ) was a
talmudic
rabbi who lived in
Israel in the 3rd century (second generation of
amoraim ).
He was born in either
Lod
[1] or
Babylonia .
[2] He later moved to the
Galilee , where he served as an aide to
Rabbi Yannai .
[3] He studied in
Tzippori under
Rabbi Yochanan
[4] and
Hanina bar Hama .
[5] He then studied under Rabbi
Judah II , the grandson of
Judah haNasi . He attempted in vain to induce
Judah II to abrogate the prohibition against using bread prepared by pagans.
[6] Late in life he moved to Babylonia.
[7]
He was a famous
aggadist , and the calculation of
613 Mitzvot is attributed to him.
[8] According to the Jewish tradition, he frequently debated the
Christians .
[9]
References
^ Pesachim 62b
^ Pesachim 5:3
^ Bava Batra 111a
^ Yerushalmi Pesachim 5:3
^ Yerushalmi Peah 8:8
^ Avodah Zarah 37a
^ Avodah Zarah 36; Yerushalmi Shabbat 1:4
^ Abrahams, Israel (1907).
Judaism (pdf) . London: Archibald Constable & co. ltd. p.
28 .
^
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