Abba ben Ammi explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rav
Abba ben Ammi ben Samuel
Native Name:רב אבא בר אמי בן שמואל
Native Name Lang:he
Religion:Judaism
Known For:Gaon of Pumbedita
Era:9th century
Gaon
Birth Date:c. 799
Death Date:872
Predecessor:Mattithiah ha-Kohen
Successor:Zemah ben Paltoi
Father:Ammi ben Samuel
Grandfather:Samuel ben Mar Mari

Rav Abba ben Rav Ammi ben Samuel (Hebrew: רב אבא בר אמי בן שמואל ; - 872) was the Gaon of Pumbedita from 869 until his death in 872.

Biography

Born in about 799 to an affluent family. His grandfather, Rav Samuel ben Mar Mari was the Sura Gaon from 730 to 748 and a descendant of the Exilarchs.[1] He studied under the previous Gaon, Mattithiah ha-Kohen, who appointed Rav Abba as his successor in 869. Rav Abba served as the Pumbedita Gaon for two years and was succeeded by Zemah ben Paltoi.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Abba ben Mar Ammi, Gaon of Pumbeditha. en-US. 2020-05-28.
  2. https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=22628&pgnum=4 Eliakim Carmoly, תולדות גדולי ישראל (History of the sages of Israel). Hebrew Books p. 4