Mari ben R. Dimi
Rav Mari ben Rav Dimi (Aramaic: רב מרי בר רב דימי; born mid-6th century) was the second Dean of Pumbedita Academy, succeeding Hanan of Iskiya. During Babylonian persecution of Pumbeditan Jewry, several notable scholars left to establish a Yeshiva academy in Firuz Shapur. Rav Mari served as the dean of this Yeshiva until the death of Hanan of Iskiya in 609, after which he was elected successor in the gaonate.[1]
Biography
Besides his being the son of Rav Dimi, little is known of Rav Mari's personal life, and much of what is known derives from the works of Rav Sherira Gaon some 300 years after Rav Mari's death. He was referred by some as "Sargo" (סורגו) which some have speculated to be his place of birth.[2] Most scholars agree that after the death of Hanan of Iskiya, he was elected to replace Hanan as the dean of the Pumbedita Academy. He occupied this position for some 19 years until his possible death. He was later succeeded by Rav Hana in about 628. [3]
Teachings
Like most Gaonim of the time, many of his teachings were not preserved under his name. The only actual source that brings anything to his name is one of the Teshuvot Hagaonim, which records several sayings of Yehudai Gaon, in which Rabbi Yehudai recounts a trip that Rav Mari went on with his father, in which Rav Mari debates his father about the nature of several unknown plants mentioned in the Talmud.[4] Another teaching commonly associated with Rav Mari is in regards to Mamzerim. Rav Mari suggests that a Mamzer should marry a converted slave, who provides him children, who are no longer Mamzerim, then he would free his slave child, thus bypassing the difficulties that a Mamzer experiences when trying to marry.[5]
References
- ^ "MARI BEN DIMI - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ "מפתח לתשובות הגאונים - מילר, יואל, 1827-1895 (page 68 of 306)". beta.hebrewbooks.org (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2020-05-23.
- ^ Rav Naftali Ya'akov HaCohen, "אוצר הגדולים אלופי יעקב" (in Hebrew)
- ^ The Teshuvot Hagaonim of Ełk by Rabbi Yaakov Musafia of Split. (תשובות הגאונים מוסאפיה) (in Hebrew)
- ^ Yitzhak Isaac Halevy Rabinowitz, "דורות הראשונים" Part III, p. 182 (in Hebrew)
Preceded by Hanan of Iskiya | Gaon of the Pumbedita Academy around 591 | Succeeded by Rav Hana |
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- Menahem ben Joseph ben Hiyya
- Mattithiah ha-Kohen b. Ravrevay b. Hanina
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- Aaron ibn Sargado
- Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek
- Sherira Gaon
- Hai Gaon
- Hezekiah Gaon
- Mar ben Huna
- Hanina (Hinenai)
- Rav Hunai (Huna)
- Rav Sheshna (Mesharsheya b. Tahlifa)
- Hanina of Nehar Pekkod (Hinenai)
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- Achai Gaon
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- Jacob ha-Kohen ben Mordecai
- Rav Abimai
- Zadok ben Ashi (Issac ben Jesse)
- Hilai ben Hananiah
- Kimoi ben Ashi
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- Kohen Tzedek ben Abimai
- Sar Shalom ben Boaz
- Natronai ben Hilai
- Amram Gaon
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- Rav Malka
- Hai ben Nahshon
- Hilai ben Natronai ben Hilai
- Shalom ben Mishael
- Jacob ben Natronai
- Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob
- Saadia ben Joseph (Saadia Gaon)
- Joseph ben Jacob
- Zemah Tzedek ben Paltoi ben Issac
- Samuel ben Hofni
- Dosa ben Saadia
- Israel ha-Kohen ben Samuel ben Hofni
- Azariah ha-Kohen ben Israel
- Isaac ben Moses ben Sukkari
- Eli ha-Levi
- Solomon (Gaon)
- Samuel ben Ali
- Zechariah ben Berakhel
- Eleazer ben Hillel ben Fahd
- Daniel ben Eleazer ben Hibat Allah
- Hibat Allah ben Abil Rabi
- Isaac ben al-Awani ha-Cohen
- Isaac ben Israel Ibn al-Shuwaykh
- Ali ben Zechariah
- Samuel ben Daniel ha-Cohen
- Pinhas ben Jacob ha-Cohen
- Jehoshaphat ben Josiah
- Semah ben Josiah
- Aaron ben Moses ben Meir
- Isaac (Gaon)
- Aaron ben Meir
- Abraham ben Aaron
- Aaron ha-Cohen (Gaon)
- Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen
- Ezrun
- Samuel ben Joseph ha-Cohen
- Jose ben Samuel ha-Cohen
- Shemaya Gaon
- Josiah ben Aaron
- Solomon ben Joseph ha-Cohen
- Solomon ben Judah (Gaon)
- Daniel ben Azariah
- Elijah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
- Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
- Solomon ben Elijah ha-Cohen
- Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
- Moses ben Netanel ha-Levi
- Abraham ben Mazhir
- Netanel ben Moses ha-Levi
- Sar Shalom ben Moses ha-Levi
- Ezra ben Abraham
- Sar Shalom ben Abraham
- Sadoq
- Mar Isaac of Firuz Shabur
- Achai Gaon
- Simeon Kayyara