Rav Zevid (or Rav Zebid; (died 385 CE), read as Rav Zevid Ha-Sheni, lit. "Rav Zevid II") was an Amora of Babylon of the fourth and fifth generation of the Amora era.
Biography He was a disciple of Rava and a scholarly opponent of Rav Papa. According to the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon, he served as head of the academy of Pumbedita.
He was a contemporary of Abaye, whose halakhot he transmitted, and of whom he was perhaps a pupil.Berachot 46b; Sotah 32b; et passim He also transmitted the halakhot of Rava and Rav Nachman.Bava Kamma 84a; Bava Metzia 17a but he particularly preferred the decisions of Abaye, and it is narratedAvodah Zarah 38b that his adherence to Abaye caused his death. When the people of the exilarch once questioned R. Hiyya Parwa'ah regarding a certain halakhah, he answered that Hezekiah and Bar Kappara had interpreted it, while R. Johanan had decided to the contrary, and that as the authorities thus stood two to one, the law would have to be interpreted according to the majority. Zebid said, however, "Do not listen to him, for Abaye decided according to R. Johanan"; whereupon the people of the exilarch forced Zebid to drink a cup of vinegar, which caused his death.
R. Ḥinena b. R. Iḳa is recorded as his opponent in halakhic decisions.Meilah 19a Zebid particularly explained to his pupils the baraitot of R. Hoshaiah or Oshaya."bi-debe R. Osha'ya"; Avodah Zarah 6b, 56a; Bava Metzia 92b; et passim
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