They chopped up a juniper table for kindling, to keep him warm after blood-letting: Shabbat 129a
Assembled 10 to sit in the house of a deceased who had no mourners for the 7 day period; afterward, the deceased appeared to him and said, "May your mind be at rest, for you put my mind to rest": Shabbat 152a-b
Rav Yehudah used to say, "Night was created for the sake of sleep": Eruvin 65a [See Tosafot]
Personal Practices
Method of Cooling Off on Yom Kippur: Yoma 78a
The type of shoe he wore on Yom Kippur: Yoma 78b
Rav Yehudah prayed only once in 30 days: Rosh HaShanah 35a
Rav Yehudah gave his Tzitzit-Fringes to the launderer without concern that they might be cut accidentally, and replaced with improperly dyed strings: Menachot 41b
Rav Yehudah had the women of his household wear Tzitzit-Fringes: Menachot 43a
His household chopped up cabbage on Yom Kippur afternoon: Shabbat 115a
Ulla was upset at the rabbis of Pumbedita, who shook out water from garments on Shabbat; Rav Yehudah said "Shake them in his face; [we may do it because] we aren't careful about their cleanliness": Shabbat 147a
When his eyesight dimmed, he still struggled to read Bills brought for his signature; Ulla insisted that this was unnecessary: Gittin 19b
After Rav Yehudah's wife taught him something he hadn't known about examining menstrual blood, he refused to judge cases involving menstrual blood: Niddah 20b
Whipping a person for eating Binita deBei Karba, a type of cabbage worm: Makkot 16b
Rav Yehudah's verdict regarding the necessary enclosures to add to permit Shabbat transportation in an alley in Dura deRiuta which opened into a private area, which in turn opened into a public area: Eruvin 7b
Rav Yehudah's verdict regarding the necessary enclosures for a yard in Dura deRiuta which bordered on an inlet from the sea, to permit drawing water in that yard on Shabbat: Eruvin 12a
Rav Yehudah bar Oshia was asked for a ruling and didn't have an answer. The question went to Rav Matnah, who also did not have an answer. The question then went to Rav Yehudah, who answered it: Eruvin 80a
Rav Yehudah shaming a father into supporting his children, asking, "Should an alligator produce children and put their support upon the community?": Ketuvot 49b
Relationship with Rav
Relationship with Shemuel
Anecdotes Involving other Sages
Rav Yechezkel was challenged on a statement by his son, Rav Yehudah; Shemuel chastised Rav Yehudah for it: Kiddushin 32a
Lack of credibility of Rav Yehudah's quotations of Shemuel, according to his brother Rami bar Yechezkel: Ketuvot 21a, 60a
Shemuel told Rav Yehudah to stand before Rav Yehudah's father, Rav Yechezkel, despite being his Rebbe: Kiddushin 33b
Rav Yehudah trusting Rav Shemuel Bar Yehudah to disqualify a legal document alone: Yevamot 101b
Shemuel telling Rav Yehudah to learn aloud, as this would grant him life, in fulfillment of a biblical verse: Eruvin 54a
Shemuel praising Rav Yehudah for his view, but the law ultimately following Shemuel anyway: Eruvin 28b
Shemuel advising Rav Yehudah to use whatever money he has and not save it, for the world goes by quickly: Eruvin 54a
Shemuel said of Rav Yehudah, "This man is not human!": Niddah 13a
Rav Nachman implemented a controversial business deal for the Exilarch, and Rav Yehudah tore up the document. In one version, Rav Nachman respected Rav Yehudah's challenge. In another version, Rav Nachman dismissed Rav Yehudah and all other challengers in financial law as 'children': Bava Metzia 66a
Rav Yehudah and Shemuel on a rooftop; Rav Yehudah asked Shemuel for advice on how to use the bathroom: Niddah 13a
Labelled "Master [Mar]" by Rav Yosef: Bava Metzia 8b
Labelled "Rebbe" by Rabbi Oshia: Bava Metzia 43b
Rav Yehudah sending a halachic question to Rabbi Yochanan: Kiddushin 39a
Sent Ada Dayyla to "drag" Rabbah Bar Bar Chanah to his class, and was justified when Rabbah Bar Bar Chanah made a point which the others hadn't known [although they should have]: Shabbat 148a
Asked his son, Rav Yitzchak, to go see how Ulla practiced Havdalah; pointed out Rav Yitzchak's great loss to him, when Rav Yitzchak sent Abbaye instead: Pesachim 104b
Rav Yitzchak breih deRav Yehudah saying, "This is the way my father explained it to me:" Eruvin 80b, 97a
Answering a specific question with "Yes" and "No" uncertainly at different times: Shabbat 113a
Rav Yehudah and Rabbah visiting Rabbah bar bar Chanah when he was sick: Gittin 16b
Zutra bar Tuvyah was learning before Rav Yehudah, & he repeatedly asked a question which Rav Yehudah didn't answer, until Rav Yehudah got angry and ex-communicated him: Moed Katan 16b
Rav Yehudah ex-Communicated a Teacher of Torah about whom there were bad rumors, and was pleased that when he died he would be able to report that even to a scholar such as this he had not engaged in flattery: Moed Katan 17a
Rav Shemuel bar Nachmeni resisted the rescension of the Above ex-communication, calling Rav Yehudah "Yehudah Chaveireinu [Our friend]": Moed Katan 17a
Rabbi Zeira exclaimed, regarding statements of Rav Yehudah citing Rav and Rav Chiyya bar Ashi citing Rav, "How accurate are the teachings of these elders!": Eruvin 12b
Rav Pappa described his own generation as far more learned than that of Rav Yehudah, but noted that when Rav Yehudah took off a shoe it rained, and Rav Pappa cried and beseeched Gd for rain, nothing came: Berachot 20a
Rabbi Abba avoiding Rav Yehudah before moving to Israel, because he knew Rav Yehudah opposed the move: Berachot 24b
Rabbi Abba reacting to the last lesson he learned from Rav Yehudah before moving; it was a lesson about prayer and bathroom function: Berachot 24b
Set of Statements / Citations
Set of citations of Rav about Leaven and Pesach: Pesachim 6a
