Shila of Kefar Tamarta
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Shila of Kefar Tamarta was a Jewish Talmud
ist, an amora
of the 3rd century, from the Land of Israel
. In the Jerusalem Talmud
sources he is called only by his personal name, but in the Babylonian Talmud the name of his home in Judea
is always added, in order to distinguish him from an older Babylonian amora
who bore the same name.
Shila was accustomed to deliver public haggadic lectures, and he is mentioned only in connection with the Aggadah
; yet he seems to have been active in the field of Halakah also (Niddah
26a), although no halakic sayings of his have been preserved. The greater portion of his Biblical exegesis, so far as extant, is taken from these discourses, each of which is prefaced by the formula: "R. Shila has preached" (Meg. 18a, b; Soṭah
35a; Cant. R. viii. 9). Other haggadot of his are found in Midr. Teh. to Ps.
lxxx. 7, and Tan., Mishpaṭim
, 8 (ed. Buber, p. 43a).
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
ist, an amora
Amora
Amoraim , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara...
of the 3rd century, from the Land of Israel
Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the Biblical name for the territory roughly corresponding to the area encompassed by the Southern Levant, also known as Canaan and Palestine, Promised Land and Holy Land. The belief that the area is a God-given homeland of the Jewish people is based on the narrative of the...
. In the Jerusalem Talmud
Jerusalem Talmud
The Jerusalem Talmud, talmud meaning "instruction", "learning", , is a collection of Rabbinic notes on the 2nd-century Mishnah which was compiled in the Land of Israel during the 4th-5th century. The voluminous text is also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud de-Eretz Yisrael...
sources he is called only by his personal name, but in the Babylonian Talmud the name of his home in Judea
Judea
Judea or Judæa was the name of the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel from the 8th century BCE to the 2nd century CE, when Roman Judea was renamed Syria Palaestina following the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt.-Etymology:The...
is always added, in order to distinguish him from an older Babylonian amora
Amora
Amoraim , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara...
who bore the same name.
Shila was accustomed to deliver public haggadic lectures, and he is mentioned only in connection with the Aggadah
Aggadah
Aggadah refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical texts in the classical rabbinic literature of Judaism, particularly as recorded in the Talmud and Midrash...
; yet he seems to have been active in the field of Halakah also (Niddah
Niddah
Niddah is a Hebrew term describing a woman during menstruation, or a woman who has menstruated and not yet completed the associated requirement of immersion in a mikveh ....
26a), although no halakic sayings of his have been preserved. The greater portion of his Biblical exegesis, so far as extant, is taken from these discourses, each of which is prefaced by the formula: "R. Shila has preached" (Meg. 18a, b; Soṭah
Sotah
Sotah deals with the ritual of the Sotah - the woman suspected of adultery as described and prescribed in the Book of Numbers in...
35a; Cant. R. viii. 9). Other haggadot of his are found in Midr. Teh. to Ps.
Psalms
The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
lxxx. 7, and Tan., Mishpaṭim
Mishpatim
Mishpatim is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the book of Exodus...
, 8 (ed. Buber, p. 43a).
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ii. 347;
- Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. iii. 621-623.