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Сила Теилим

11 Tishrei · Yahrzeit

Rabbi Huna bar Mar Zutra

Rabbi Huna bar Mar Zutra

  Yahrzeit - 11 Tishrei Burial place - Baram, Israel

The leaders of Babylonian Jewry, arrested by the Persian authorities, sparked a wave of persecution against the Jews of Babylonia.

They were executed in Pumbedita in 470 CE.

The Iggeret (letter) of Rav Sherira Gaon records that Huna bar (son of) Mar Zutra and Mesharshiya bar Pakod were executed on the 18th of Tevet, 470 CE.

Rabbi Mesharshiya bar Brei (grandson) of Rabbi Acha bar Rav may be the Mesharshiya referred to by Rabbi Sherira Gaon.