person · P0207
Rav Chisda רב חסדא
Kohen, long-lived sage of Sura (second–third generation, Bavel), the colleague ("chaver") of Rav Huna whom he ultimately succeeded as head of the academy, which he physically rebuilt. Teacher of Rava in his youth. No reception edge is drawn upstream: he belonged to Rav's yeshiva as a very young man, but a direct teacher→student attestation clean enough for an edge is lacking in the sources verified here.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- רב חסדא
- Era
- amoraim
- Generation
- A3
- Colleagues
- Rav Huna
II. When
- Traditional
- d. 4069 AM (Seleucid 620 = 309 CE, per the Iggeret)
- Academic
- c. 217–309 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈92 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Sura
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Rav Chisda was a colleague of Rav Huna, and he was at Sura... and in the years of Rav Huna, Rav Chisda built the academy (bei Rav) in the Seleucid year 604" — and after Rav Yehudah's death he led Sura ten years, dying in 620 (309 CE). | tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| He is traditionally counted among the last students of Rav's circle at Sura; because Rav died when Chisda was about thirty and the Iggeret styles him Rav Huna's colleague rather than his student, this atlas records his upstream reception as a claim, not an edge.
Deliberate no-edge decision; see the chain-honesty rule. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ | |
| Rav Chisda came from Kafri and belonged to a priestly family.
The geographic and priestly identifications combine the Bavli notices with the encyclopedic synthesis.
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rabbinic external | ★★★★☆ | |
| He manufactured beer and attributed his wealth to the beer business.
The Bavli records a variant attribution between Rav Papa and Rav Chisda; the passage explicitly preserves Rav Chisda as one version.
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rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Rav Chisda's unnamed daughter married Rami bar Chama and, after his death, married Rava.
The childhood scene in the passage anticipates both marriages.
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rabbinic tradition | ★★★★★ | |
| The Bavli states that Rav Chisda lived ninety-two years and enjoyed exceptional wealth and family prosperity.
The lifespan and the comparison with Rabbah are explicit.
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rabbinic tradition | ★★★★★ |