page_title: Rav Ashi
section_title: Tomb of Rav Ashi
hierarchical_section_title: Rav Ashi / Tomb of Rav Ashi
caption_attribution_description: The tomb of Rabbi Ashi on Har Shinaan in the Galil mountains in Israel
context_page_description: Rav Ashi was a Babylonian Jewish rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim. He reestablished the Academy at Sura and was the first editor of the Babylonian Talmud.
context_section_description: According to traditional Jewish belief, the tomb of Rav Ashi is situated on a hill overlooking Kibbutz Manara, Israel.  Muslims claim that it is the tomb of a Shi'ite Muslim, Sheikh Abbad, considered a founder of the Shi'ite movement in Lebanon who lived around 500 years ago. When Israel withdrew from South Lebanon in May 2000, the main obstacle holding up the deployment of United Nations peacekeepers along the border was the allocation of this disputed site. It was among the last to be settled between the State of Israel and Lebanon. One option was to erect a barricade around the tomb to prevent Muslims and Jews from visiting the site. Subsequent to the Blue Line drawn by the United Nations, the border fence cuts through the middle of the disputed tomb.
caption: The tomb of Rabbi Ashi on Har Shanan in the Galil mountains in Israel
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