Ezra

Palestinian halakist of the fifth century; disciple of R. Mana the Younger (Yer. Ter. i. 40b, vii. 44d). By a clerical error his name is sometimessubstituted for that of Azariah a haggadist of an earlier generation (Yer. Shab. vii. 9b; Yer. Pes. i. 28a [some lines below "Ezra" is quoted]); and this has led some writers into the error of considering the two scholars as identical (see Azariah).

Bibliography:

  * Frankel, Mebo, p. 120b;
  * Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. iii. 449 et seq.



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