Rav Shizbi

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R. '''Shezbi''' (or R. '''Shezbi'''; Hebrew: '''רב שיזבי''') was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fourth generation of amoraim.

==Biography==

It is told that Rav Chisda was accustomed to pass the house of Rav Shizbi's father (according to another version: his father-in-law), and seeing the observance of Shabbat candles, he stated: "a great men will issue hence" (since it is stated that "He who habitually practises [the lighting of] the lamp will possess scholarly sons"), and indeed he had Rav Shizbi.<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 23b</ref> Indeed, Rava would eventually describe Shizbi as being a "great man".<ref>Babylonian Talmud, [https://www.sefaria.org.il/Gittin.55b.7?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Gittin 55b]</ref> Later Shizbi became a pupil of Rav Chisda, but also debated Halakha before Rabbah.

Aaron Hyman<ref>''Toledot tannaʿim ve-amoraʾim'', p. 1110</ref> suggests he moved to the Land of Israel for a short period of time, where he studied Torah under Yochanan bar Nafcha.<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra, 135b</ref>

One should distinguish between this Rav Shizbi, and Rav Shizbi II, who was a pupil of Rava.<ref>Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Metzia, 114b</ref>

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