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Rav Yosef b. Hiyya


Rav Yosef b. Hiyya (Hebrew: רב יוסף בר חייא‎‎) was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon of the third generation of the Amoraim. He was a disciple of Judah bar Ezekiel and was Abaye's teacher, and a scholarly "Bar Plugata"-opponent of Rabbah bar Nahmani ("Rabbah"), the head of the academy of Pumbedita.

Rav Yosef was also blind.



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