Mar Zutra
Babylonian rabbi (died 417)
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Mar Zutra ( Hebrew : מר זוטרא , died 417 CE) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim .
Biography
He was a student of Rav Papa , whom he frequently quoted, [1] and Rav Papi . [2]
His closest colleagues were Rav Ashi and Amemar . The three of them are described together in their studies, meals, and visits to the court of Yazdegerd I . [3]
He headed the Yeshiva of Pumbedita , and according to the book "Seder Tannaim ve-Amoraim", previous to Rav Aha b. Rava . In the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon (French version), he is not mentioned as a head of a Yeshiva , but in later sources he is noted as Mar Zutra, Head of a Yeshiva.
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