Commentary for Berakhot 66:12
אמר ר' זירא נקוט דרבי חייא בר אבא בידך דדייק וגמר שמעתא מפומא דמרה שפיר כרחבא דפומבדיתא
R. Zera said : Take the statement of R. Hiyya. b. Abba in thine hand, because he is most careful to report a teaching exactly as it issued from the mouth of his teacher ; like Rahba of Pombedita.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. note it well.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
After the destruction of the Seminary of Nehardea in 259, that of Pombedita sprang into prominence and the town received the name of "Capital of the Exile" (Rosh. Hash. 23b). It is situated 22 parasangs North of Sura in Babylon, at the mouth [poma] of the canal Bedita. Neubauer, p. 349.
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