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Although Rav Huna was related to the family of the [[exilarch]]<ref>Sherira Gaon, l.c.</ref> he was so poor at the beginning of his career that in order to buy wine to consecrate the Shabbat he had to pawn his girdle.<ref>Megillah 27b</ref> But Rav blessed him with riches, and Rav Huna displayed great wealth at the wedding of his son [[Raba bar Rav Huna]].<ref>ib.</ref> He owned numerous flocks of sheep, which were under the special care of his wife, ''Hobah'',<ref>Bava Kamma 80a</ref> and he traveled in a gilded litter.<ref>Ta'anit 20b</ref> Rav Huna was very generous. When the houses of the poor people were thrown down by storms he rebuilt them; at meal-times the doors of his house would be left open, while his servants would call out: "He who is hungry, let him come and eat".<ref>ib.</ref> |
Although Rav Huna was related to the family of the [[exilarch]]<ref>Sherira Gaon, l.c.</ref> he was so poor at the beginning of his career that in order to buy wine to consecrate the Shabbat he had to pawn his girdle.<ref>Megillah 27b</ref> But Rav blessed him with riches, and Rav Huna displayed great wealth at the wedding of his son [[Raba bar Rav Huna]].<ref>ib.</ref> He owned numerous flocks of sheep, which were under the special care of his wife, ''Hobah'',<ref>Bava Kamma 80a</ref> and he traveled in a gilded litter.<ref>Ta'anit 20b</ref> Rav Huna was very generous. When the houses of the poor people were thrown down by storms he rebuilt them; at meal-times the doors of his house would be left open, while his servants would call out: "He who is hungry, let him come and eat".<ref>ib.</ref> |
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After Rav's death, Huna lectured in his stead in the Academy of Sura, but he was not appointed head until after the death of Rav's companion, [[Samuel of Nehardea|Samuel]] (c. 256). It was under Rav Huna that the Academy of Sura, which until then was called ''sidra'', acquired the designation of ''mesivta'' ([[yeshivah]]), with Rav Huna being the first "Resh Mesivta" ([[rosh yeshivah]]).<ref>Compare Zacuto "Yuchasin," p. 118b, Königsberg, 1857; and see [[Talmudic Academies in Babylonia]]</ref> Under Huna the academy increased considerably in importance, and students flocked to it from all directions; during his presidency their number reached 800, all supported by himself.<ref>Ketuvot 106a</ref> Their instant lecturers ("amora'e") were occupied in teaching them. When his pupils, after the lesson, shook their garments they raised so great a cloud of dust that when the Palestinian sky was overcast it was said, "Huna's pupils in Babylon have risen from their lesson".<ref>ib.</ref> Under Rav Huna, Palestine lost its ascendency over [[Babylonia]]; and on certain occasions he declared the schools of the two countries to be equal.<ref>Gittin 6a; Bava Kamma 80a</ref> In Babylonia, during his lifetime, the Sura academy held the supremacy. He presided over it for forty years, when he died suddenly, more than eighty years of age.<ref name="mk28"/> His remains were brought to Israel and buried by the side of |
After Rav's death, Huna lectured in his stead in the Academy of Sura, but he was not appointed head until after the death of Rav's companion, [[Samuel of Nehardea|Samuel]] (c. 256). It was under Rav Huna that the Academy of Sura, which until then was called ''sidra'', acquired the designation of ''mesivta'' ([[yeshivah]]), with Rav Huna being the first "Resh Mesivta" ([[rosh yeshivah]]).<ref>Compare Zacuto "Yuchasin," p. 118b, Königsberg, 1857; and see [[Talmudic Academies in Babylonia]]</ref> Under Huna the academy increased considerably in importance, and students flocked to it from all directions; during his presidency their number reached 800, all supported by himself.<ref>Ketuvot 106a</ref> Their instant lecturers ("amora'e") were occupied in teaching them. When his pupils, after the lesson, shook their garments they raised so great a cloud of dust that when the Palestinian sky was overcast it was said, "Huna's pupils in Babylon have risen from their lesson".<ref>ib.</ref> Under Rav Huna, Palestine lost its ascendency over [[Babylonia]]; and on certain occasions he declared the schools of the two countries to be equal.<ref>Gittin 6a; Bava Kamma 80a</ref> In Babylonia, during his lifetime, the Sura academy held the supremacy. He presided over it for forty years, when he died suddenly, more than eighty years of age.<ref name="mk28"/> His remains were brought to Israel and buried by the side of Hiyya Rabbah.<ref>ibid. 25a</ref> |
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Rav Huna's principal pupil was [[Rav Chisda]], who had previously been his companion under Rav. Other pupils of his whose names are given were: [[Abba bar Zavda]], [[Rav Giddel]], R. [[Helbo]], R. [[Sheshet]], Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥanina,<ref>[[Ketubot (tractate)|Ketubot]] 4b, [[Ketubot (tractate)|Ketubot]] 61a (2x), [[Nedarim (Talmud)|Nedarim]] 38b, [[Berakhot (tractate)|Berakhot]] 52b (MSS)</ref> and Huna's own son, Rabbah.<ref>Yevamot 64b</ref> |
Rav Huna's principal pupil was [[Rav Chisda]], who had previously been his companion under Rav. Other pupils of his whose names are given were: [[Abba bar Zavda]], [[Rav Giddel]], R. [[Helbo]], R. [[Sheshet]], Yiṣḥaq b. Ḥanina,<ref>[[Ketubot (tractate)|Ketubot]] 4b, [[Ketubot (tractate)|Ketubot]] 61a (2x), [[Nedarim (Talmud)|Nedarim]] 38b, [[Berakhot (tractate)|Berakhot]] 52b (MSS)</ref> and Huna's own son, Rabbah.<ref>Yevamot 64b</ref> |
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