* Rav Schwab on Iyov-The teachings of Rabbi Shimon Schwab zt " l on the Book of Job ( posthumously, commentary on the Book of Job, edited by Moses L. Schwab ).

* Rav Schwab on Yeshayahu-The teaching of Rabbi Shimon Schwab zt " l on the Book of Isaiah ( posthumously, commentary on the Book of Isaiah, edited by Moses L. Schwab ).

In the traditional literature he is referred to almost exclusively as Rav, " the Master ", ( both his contemporaries and posterity recognizing in him a master ), just as his teacher, Judah I, was known simply as Rabbi.

Rav also devoted much attention to mystical and transcendental speculations which the rabbis connect with the Biblical account of creation ( Genesis 1, Ma ' aseh Bereshit ), the vision of the mysterious chariot of God ( Ezekiel 1, Ma ' aseh Merkabah ), and the Divine Name.

The Talmud records a tradition that unattributed statements of the law represent the views of Rabbi Meir ( Sanhedrin 86a ), which supports the theory ( recorded by Rav Sherira Gaon in his famous Iggeret ) that he was the author of an earlier collection.

Midrash haNe ` elam is located within the body of the Zohar ( parashat Vayera, Chayei Sarah, Toldot ) and the Zohar Chadash ( pp. 2b-30b ; 46b-47b ( in the Zohar Chadash edition by Rav Reuven Margoliot ), and in parashat Balak, Ki Teitze, and the entire Zohar Chadash on Shir haShirim, Ruth, and Eikah.

It had been closed since Rav Chisda's death ( 309 ), but under Rav Ashi it regained all its old importance.

Rav Ashi's son Tabyomi, always spoken of as " Mar ( Master ), the son of Rab Ashi ," was a recognized scholar, but it was not until 455, 28 years after his father's death, that he was invested with the position that his father had so successfully filled for more than half a century.

* Abba Arika ( d. 247 ), known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora.

* Rav Huna ( d. 297 ), disciple of Rav and Shmuel.

* Rav Yehudah ( d. 299 ), disciple of Rav and Shmuel.

* Adda bar Ahavah, ( 3rd and 4th centuries ), disciple of Rav.

* Rabbah ( d. 320 ), disciple of Rav Huna and Rav Yehudah.

* Rav Yosef ( d. 323 ), disciple of Rav Huna and Rav Yehudah.

* Rav Chisda ( d. 309 ), disciple of Rav, Shmuel, and Rav Huna.

* Rav Nachman ( d. 320 ), disciple of Rav, Shmuel, and Rabbah bar Avuha.

From his associations in the house of his uncle, and later as his uncle's disciple and as a member of the academy at Sepphoris, Rav acquired such an extraordinary knowledge of traditional lore as to make him its foremost exponent in his native land.

Samuel, another disciple of Judah I, at the same time brought to the academy at Nehardea a high degree of prosperity ; in fact, it was at the school of Rav that Jewish learning in Babylonia found its permanent home and center.

The latter did not, however, succeed his father as head of the academy: this post fell to Rav's disciple Rav Huna.

Simai, Ashi's father, was a rich and learned man, a student of the college of Naresh near Sura, which was directed by Rav Papa, Raba's disciple.

* Abaye ( d. 339 ), disciple of Rabbah, Rav Yosef, and Rav Nachman.

* Rava ( d. 352 ), disciple of Rabbah, Rav Yosef, and Rav Nachman, and possibly Rabbi Yochanan.

* Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak ( d. 356 ), disciple of Abaye and Rava.

As for what is written in the Zohar III, p. 231: He whose sins are few is classed as a " righteous man who suffers ", this is the query of Rav Hamnuna to Elijah.

: Rav Moshe Feinstein, in Iggrot Moshe, Orach Chaim, Part 4, Responsa 115, adopted a very strong position against homosexuality.

In 1817 the Peshva Baji Rav II fought against the British in the battle of Khadki.

The Aleinu prayer first appeared in the manuscript of the Rosh Hashana liturgy by Rav.

The method of treatment of the traditional material to which the Talmud owes its origin was established in Babylonia by Rav.

His numerous disciples — some of whom were very influential and who, for the most part, were also disciples of Samuel — amplified and, in their capacity as instructors and by their discussions, continued the work of Rav.

" Rav also exercised a great influence for good upon the moral and religious conditions of his native land, not only indirectly through his disciples, but directly by reason of the strictness with which he repressed abuses in matters of marriage and divorce, and denounced ignorance and negligence in matters of ritual observance.

As a haggadist, Rav is surpassed by none of the Babylonian Amoraim.

Rav died at an advanced age, deeply mourned by numerous disciples and the entire Babylonian Jewry, which he had raised from comparative insignificance to the leading position in Judaism ( Shabbat 110a, Mo ' ed Katan 24a ).

Rav Zeira said, " You were created by the magicians ; return to your dust.

The Babylonian Talmud was compiled from discussions in the houses of study by the scholars Ravina I, Ravina II, and Rav Ashi by 500 CE, although it continued to be edited later.

It was co-authored by Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Mordechai Willig, Rav Michael Rosensweig, and Rav Mayer Twersky.

He among others fully institutionlized the teaching of Mishnah and Talmud to girls, from an autobiography on him by Rabbi Mayor Twersky called " A Glimpse of the Rav " in R. Menachem Genack ed., Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik: Man of Halacha, Man of Faith, page 113:

** The Ahavat Eitan by Rav Avrohom Abba Krenitz ( the great grandfather of Rav Malkiel Kotler )

* The encyclopedic editions put out by Mishnat Rav Aharon ( Beis Medrosho Govoah, Lakewood ) on Sheviit, Challah, and Yadayim.

The earliest existing codification of the prayerbook was drawn up by Rav Amram Gaon of Sura, Babylon, about 850 CE.

Traditionally, this Talmud was thought to have been redacted in about the year 350 CE by Rav Muna and Rav Yossi in the Land of Israel.

The work begun by Rav Ashi was completed by Ravina, who is traditionally regarded as the final Amoraic expounder.