יהודה

יְהוּדָה(b. h.) pr. n. Judah, 1) son of Jacob; tribe of Judah. Pes.50a. Yoma 12a, a. e. מחלקו של י׳ from the area of Judah.Gen. R. s. 85; a. v. fr. 2) name of several Tannaim; a) B. J. b. Bthera in Babylonia Ber.22a; a. fr.b) J. b. Tabbai, chief of the Sanhedrin in the days of queen Salome. Ab. I, 8. Ḥag.II, 2; a. fr.c) R. J. the priest. Eduy. VIII, 3.d) B. J. b. Baba. Ib. 2. Sabb.62b; a. fr.e) R. J. b. Ilai, usu. mentioned in the Mishnah as R. J. only. Ber.63b; Sabb.33b. Men.103b; a. v. fr.f) R. J. b. Tema. Ab. V, 20. Erub.17a; Tosef. ib. III (II), 6 (ed. Zuck. בתירה). Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8; a. fr.; a. others (v. Fr. Darkhé, p. 42; p. 137).Esp. R. J. han-Nasi I a. II, surnamed Rabbi, v. רַבִּי. 3) name of several Amoraim, the most renowned of whom is R. J. (b. Ezekiel), a Babylonian. Keth.110b bot.Y.Taan.I, 64b top; a. fr.V. Fr. Mbo p. 91a>. 4) Judaea, the southern province of Palestine. Keth.I, 5 (12a); Tosef. ib. I, 4. Kidd.6a; a. v. fr.