Rava's Private Legal Practices

Cooling off on Yom Kippur: Yoma 78a

Special Yom Kippur Shoe: Yoma 78b

Used to fast two days consecutively on Yom Kippur, in case it was the wrong one, and once it was found that he had been right: Rosh HaShanah 21a

The extent to which he went, to keep from having living creatures present during sexual relations: Niddah 17a

Whether he made a blessing on Phylacteries if he removed them momentarily to use the bathroom: Succah 46a

Rava put burnt, dried grain into cooking food on Pesach: Pesachim 40b

Rava gave his wife meat with the Forbidden Fat intact on Friday, because she was expert in removing it: Chagigah 5a

Put a knife on raw meat, to permit carrying the meat on Shabbat: Shabbat 142b

In the above case, Rava said that he actually had use for the meat, but he was being stringent to prevent errors by others: Shabbat 142b

Wore a new, colored Roman tunic during his 30-day mourning period: Moed Katan 23a

Told his servant to give the guts of a goose he was cooking on a holiday to the cat; since they would be disgusting, he had had them in mind from the day before: Shabbat 142b-143a

Drank wine all day on the day before Pesach, to increase his appetite: Pesachim 107b-108a

What he ate for the meal on Pesach night: Pesachim 114b

Said that learning should refine one's actions, and that learning must be with a pure intention: Berachot 17a

Rava [or perhaps Rabbah] was expert in recognizing Babylonian currencies, but he did not feel that he was expert enough to distinguish between types of blood for certain rulings: Niddah 20b

His Version of "Neilah" Prayer ending Yom Kippur: Yoma 87b

Removing seeds of dates which were too good for fodder on Shabbat, via a trough of water: Shabbat 143a

Rava reversing the sides in a Mishnah to match known views of the Sages involved: Bava Metzia 7b

Rabbi Chiyya bar Avin reporting how Abbaye and Rava leaned while reciting the Prayers of Supplication [Tachanun]: Megillah 22b-23a

Rabbah and Rava's arguments on the laws of "
Separations" for various rituals: Succah 37a-b

Series of Stringencies Enacted to Prevent Violation of Shabbat: Shabbat 141a

Rava would not allow his servant to use a human wall to transport barrels through an area on Shabbat, after the first time he had done so; Rava was concerned that the people would be aware they were serving this purpose, and so it would be forbidden: Eruvin 44b

Rava's approval when his brother, Rav Seuram, took Jews who were sinful and made them into avadim: Bava Metzia 73b

How the wives of Shemuel, Abbaye, Rava and Rav Pappa would give them a drink when they were a niddah: Ketuvot 61a


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