Asserting in an argument, "Any judge who doesn't judge like this judgment, is not a Judge!": Bava Metzia 36b
According to Abbaye, Rabbah, Rav, Rebbe and King David habitually slept like horses, meaning that they napped for 60 "breaths": Succah 26b
Rabbah and Rav Chisda were both righteous, and both were able to pray for rain and be answered, but Rabbah lived until 40, his house lost 60 children, and his houssehold could barely find barley bread for its members, and Rav Chisda lived until 92, his house had 60 weddings, and his household gave good flour to the dogs: Moed Katan 28a
Exclaiming, "By Gd! [HaElokim!]": Makkot 15a
Seven lessons were taught before Rav Chisda one Shabbat morning in Sura, and that afternon before Rabbah in Pumbedita, by either Elijah the Prophet or Joseph the sheid-Spirit: Eruvin 43a
Rabbah made a statement, then brought a source to argue against his own statement [UMotvinan AShemaatin]: Eruvin 88a
Personal Practices
Held like Rav's Stringencies, except for 3 cases in which he held like Shemuel: Pesachim 101a
Specifically careful to stay awake for the first verse of the Recitation of Shema: Berachot 13b
Cooling off on Yom Kippur: Yoma 78a
Said that Waste of the body is more important than of an item: Shabbat 129a
Made fun of a Leader of the Prayers who repeated "Emet" after Shema when starting "Emet VeYatziv/Ve'Emunah" prayer: Berachot 14b
Was careful for Magical "Zugot", requiring that a table be brought back so he could drink another cup during the meal: Rashi Pesachim 110b "Mishum"
Rabbah [or perhaps Rava] 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
Rabbah told Abbaye and the rest of his students to eat with him on Friday night, lest the light go out at their hosts' houses, in which case they wouldn't have Kiddush there: Pesachim 101a
Said that the mitzvah of "Mah Nishtanah" Pesach night was fulfilled when Abbaye asked why the "Seder" plate was being removed: Pesachim 115b
His household scraped gourds on Yom Kippur afternoon: Shabbat 115a
How Rabbah dealt with a situation where the hot water which had been prepared to bathe a child after a Shabbat circumcision had been spilled out: Eruvin 67b-68a
The eulogies for Rav Yosef and Rabbah: Moed Katan 25b
Rabbah and Rav Yosef struggled with a question for 22 years, until Rav Yosef became head of the yeshiva, and he answered it: Ketuvot 42b [and see Rashi there]
Rabbah and Rav Yosef travelling together: Eruvin 51a
Rabbah making a statement in the name of Rabbi Yosi to Rav Yosef, not because Rabbi Yosi actually said it, but because that way Rav Yosef would accept it: Eruvin 51a
Rabbah and Rav Yosef were attending Rabbi Sheshet's class, and Rabbi Sheshet reported a statement by Rav. Rabbah nodded approval, but Rav Yosef disagreed: Eruvin 65b
Interaction with other Sages
Rabbag was termed "Father [Abba]" out of respect by Rav Nachman: Pesachim 40a
Rabbah was termed "Master [Mar]" by Abbaye: Shabbat 124a; Eruvin 68a, 93b; Succah 26b; Bava Metzia 6b
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
Abbaye had a question against a ruling by Rabbah, but it was on a rabbinic prohibition and Rav Yosef had taught Abbaye that in such a case one should ask after the fact: Eruvin 67b-68a
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 terming Abbaye and Rabbah "Great Men": Eruvin 68a
Rava [or perhaps Rabbah] was challenged by Rav Hemnuna, and he didn't have an answer and so he was silent [Ishtik]; only after Rav Hemnuna left did he say, "Why didn't I answer X?": Keritot 25a
Rabbah making a questionable statement before Abbaye, specifically for the purpose of testing him: Megillah 25a; Niddah 4b
Abbaye challenged Rabbah by quoting Rav and Shemuel; Rabbah replied, "I cite Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai and you reply with Rav and Shemuel?!": Beitzah 5a
Abbaye took Purim Gifts of Food of dried and sweetened grain from Rabbah to Mari bar Mar, warning that Mari bar Mar would consider Rabbah a farmer-turned-leader. He returned with vessels containing ginger and pepper, and warned that Rabbah would say, "I sent sweet items, and he sends sharp ones!": Megillah 7b
Abbaye used to entertain Rabbah [perhaps Rava] by juggling eight, or perhaps four, eggs: Succah 53a
Calling Rav Safra "our friend": Shabbat 124a
Rabbah called Rav Amram "Tarda [Confused person -Rashi; Dribbling Idiot -Aruch; Rashi Keritot 18b renders it as shoteh or lazy person]"; a beam in the room split, and both claimed it was due to an affront to them: Bava Metzia 20b
Rabbah asking Rabbi Zeira to ask Ulla a question: Pesachim 37b
When Ulla was in the house of Rav Menasheh, a man came and knocked at the gate on Shabbat. Ulla said, "May this man's body be desecrated, as he desecrated Shabbat!" Rabbah responded that only musical sounds are forbidden on Shabbat: Eruvin 104a
Rabbah drank on Purim until he rose and killed Rabbi Zeira. The next day, he prayed and resuscitated him. Rabbi Zeira refused an invitation for the next Purim, saying that one cannot always have a miracle: Megillah 7b
Rabbah said that the mitzvah of "Mah Nishtanah" Pesach night was fulfilled when Abbaye asked why the "Seder" plate was being removed: Pesachim 115b
Taught Rava the breadth of the planet: Pesachim 94a
Rabbah and Rava's arguments on the laws of "Separations" for various rituals: Succah 37a-b
Quoting a prohibition in the name of Rabbi Yochanan, even though it wasn't so, so it would be accepted: Shabbat 115a
Rabbah quoted a rule in Rabbi Yochanan's name. Others asked Rabbi Yochanan whether he had said it, and he denied it [Rashi comments that he was recanting]. Rabbah then insisted that Rabbi Yochanan had said it: Makkot 14b-15a
Rav Yehudah and Rabbah visiting Rabbah bar bar Chanah when he was sick: Gittin 16b
Rav Chisda told Rabbah to prepare an issue which Rav Huna was going to ask him about that night: Bava Metzia 18b, 20b
Rabbah reporting questions they asked when they learned in Rav Huna's Study Hall: Eruvin 40a-41a
Set of questions which Abbaye asked Rabbah regarding enclosures around walls, permitting drawing water within on Shabbat: Eruvin 19b-20a
Rav Yosef bar Chama challenging Rabbah with a question, and Rabbah having no answer [ishtik] but instead referring the question back to him: Bava Metzia 58a
Rava telling Rabbi Chanina [other editions: Rabbi Chiyya]: Had you learned from Rabbah, you would have known this: Keritot 25b
