Raba Bar Jeremiah
Abba or Raba Bar Jeremiah was Babylonian rabbi of the third century.Biography
He was the son of Jeremiah bar Abba and a pupil of Rav. He lived at Sura and transmitted to his generation the sayings of Rav and Samuel.
Several of his sayings are preserved in Palestinian sources. Among them, he interprets Proverbs 9:1-3 as referring to the Messianic age. The "house" is the newly erected Temple in Jerusalem; the "seven pillars" are the seven years following the defeat of Gog and Magog ; the "feast" is that described in Ezekiel 39:17; and the verse, "She has sent forth her maidens..." means: "The Lord sent forth the prophet Ezekiel with the message to the birds and beasts".
