Rabbah bar Rav Chanan

Was asked by Rava to eulogize him: Shabbat 153a

Rabbah bar Rav Chanan said to Abbaye, "If the master [Rabbah] had heard Law X, he would have changed his mind." Rabbah bar Rav Chanan was incorrect: Eruvin 38b-39a

Rabbah bar Rav Chanan had a certain practice, which Abbaye challenged. Rabbah bar Rav Chanan renounced his practice: Eruvin 51b-52a

Rabbah bar Rav Chanan terming Abbaye and Rabbah "Great Men": Eruvin 68a

Rabbah bar Rav Chanan asked Abbaye why the alley on which Abbaye and Rabbah both lived had no "merging meal" permitting transport in the area on Shabbat. Abbaye responded that it wouldn't be proper for Rabbah's honor for Rabbah to collect the meal, and Abbaye had been too busy with his learning, and the rest of the people weren't careful about it. Abbaye said he couldn't afford to donate a meal every week, so he couldn't donate a meal for joint use: Eruvin 68a

Rabbah bar Rav Chanan called Abbaye "Tarda [Confused person -Rashi Bava Metzia 20b; Dribbling Idiot -Aruch; Rashi Keritot 18b renders it as shoteh or lazy person]": Keritot 18b [2x]


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