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Rav Dimi of Nehardea רב דימי מנהרדעא
he traded in dried figs and became head of Pumbedita
In Bava Batra 22a it is told that Ada bar Abba examined him to see whether the privilege due to a scholar was due to him—and he did not answer. The Talmud tells this of a future head of the academy and does not smooth it over.
To him belongs the saying that rivalry among scholars increases wisdom (Bava Batra 21a). He occupied himself almost wholly with halakhah. He succeeded Rav Zevid, and Rafram bar Papa succeeded him.
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Chazal: Mishnah, Talmud, midrash, Zohar
- Bava Batra 21a and 22a — rivalry increases wisdom; the examination for the merchant's privilege
Scholarship
- The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) — the years of the headship at Pumbedita and the order of succession
Basis: Talmud and midrash.