Mar Zutra (, died 417 CE) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim.
Biography
He was a student of Rav Papa, whom he frequently quoted,Yevamot 75b; Ketuvot 91a; Kiddushin 7a; Bava Metzia 67b; Hullin 63a, 112a and Rav Papi.Sukkah 46b
His closest colleagues were Rav Ashi and Amemar. The three of them are described together in their studies, meals, and visits to the court of Yazdegerd I.Ketuvot 63b; Brachot 44b, 50b; Pesachim 103b; Ketuvot 61a
He headed the Yeshiva of Pumbedita, and according to the book "Seder Tannaim ve-Amoraim", previous to Rav Aha b. Rava. In the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon (French version), he is not mentioned as a head of a Yeshiva, but in later sources he is noted as Mar Zutra, Head of a Yeshiva.
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