Abba of Jaffa: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Amora living in Jaffa}}

'''Abba of Jaffa''' ({{lang-he|{{Script/Hebrew|אַבָּא דְּמִן יָפוֹ}}}}, [[Transliteration|translit]]: ''Abba d'min Yafo'') or '''Adda of Jaffa''' ({{Script/Hebrew|אדא דמן יפו}}, [[Transliteration|translit]]: ''Adda d'min Yafo'') was an ''[[amoraim|amora]]'' who lived in [[Jaffa]].<ref>[[Hayyim Joseph David Azulai]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KrjXAAAAMAAJ&dq=%D7%90%D7%93%D7%90+%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%9F+%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%95&pg=RA2-PA468 Birkei Yosef: Orach Chaim]'', pg. 468.</ref> He is best known for his teaching that the 10 sons of [[Haman (Bible)|Haman]] should be read in one breath during the recitation of the [[Book of Esther]] on [[Purim]].<ref name=TTV>Aharon Heiman. ''[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=43956&st=&pgnum=136&hilite= Toldos Tannaim ve-Amoraim]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}'', Vol 1., pg. 136.</ref> [[Hiyya bar Abba|Ḥiyya]] was his son according to the [[Jerusalem Talmud]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jerusalem Talmud Moed Kattan 18a:1|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Jerusalem_Talmud_Moed_Kattan.18a.1|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref> and his grandson according to [[Genesis Rabbah]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bereishit Rabbah 38|url=https://www.sefaria.org/Bereishit_Rabbah.38|access-date=2021-03-11|website=www.sefaria.org}}</ref>

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