e/Levi II

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has gloss	eng: Levi was a Jewish-Palestinian scholar of the 3rd century (third amoraic generation), contemporary of Zeera I and Abba b. Kahana (Yer. Maas. iii. 51a). In a few instances he is quoted as Levi b. Laḥma (Ḥama; comp. Yer. R. H. iv. 59a with R. H. 29b; Yer. Taan. ii. 65a with Taan. 16a; see Rabbinovicz, Diḳduḳe Soferim, to Ber. 5a, Taan. l.c. , Zeb. 53b). In later midrashim the title "Berabbi" is sometimes added to his name (Pesiḳ. R. xxxii. 147b; Num. R. xv. 10; Tan., Behaaloteka, 6; comp. Pesiḳ. xviii. 135a; Tan., l.c. ed. S. Buber, p. 11; see Levi bar Sisi). He quotes halakic and homiletic utterances by many of his predecessors and contemporaries; but as he quotes most frequently those of Ḥama b. Ḥanina, it may be conjectured that he was the latters pupil, though probably he received instruction at R. Johanans academy also. In this academy he and Judah b. Naḥman were alternately engaged to keep the congregation together until Johanan's arrival, and each was paid for his services two "selas" a week.
lexicalization	eng: Levi II
instance of	(noun) spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law rabbi