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Abaye assumed the position of head of the yeshiva of Pumbedita shortly after the retirement of his uncle.

'Abaye had enormous respect for his uncle, ... used to entertain his uncle by juggling.

Abaye was a master of Torah study and the art of teaching Torah. He studied at the yeshiva (Torah Academy) of Pumbedita, ... There his good friend and study-partner was Rava, with whom he often engaged in debates on various aspects of Torah Law. ... Of their hundreds of recorded disputes, the Law is decided according to the opinion of Rava in all but six cases. Superior as Abaye no doubt was in his dialectic analysis of halakhic sentences, he was, nevertheless, surpassed in this regard by Raba,

Abaye was also a Kohen (a priest), descending from the family of Eli, and he was caught up in the curse that was placed on that family by God, that no one would ever live out his full years, because of the desecration of God’s name caused by the misdeeds of Eli’s sons, Chofni and Pinchas. Abaye’s righteous behavior staved off the curse for many years but he succumbed to edema in the year 338 or 339 at the relatively young age of sixty.

Also, the following paragraph duplicates the content of the paragraph above it: Their halakic controversies are scattered throughout the Babylonian Talmud. With the exception of six of his decisions, the opinions of Raba were always accepted as final. Abaye was never so happy as when one of his disciples had completed the study of a Mishnah treatise. On such occasions he always gave a feast to his pupils (Shab. 118b), though his circumstances were needy, and wine never appeared upon his table. His peace-loving disposition and his sincere piety are well exhibited in his maxims (Ber. 17a), among which occur the following: "Be mild in speech; suppress your wrath; and maintain good-will in intercourse with your relatives as well as with others, even with strangers in the market-place."

Ori Redler 10:22, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

If Joseph Bar Chama died in 324 and Abaye in 339 then Abaye outlived him by 15 years and not 5. There is therefore a contradition in the main article.

Abaye has at least one son named in the Talmud, a Rav Bivi bar Abaye. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.66.161.118 (talk) 20:29, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

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