Babylonian amora of the second period (about 250). Idi was a disciple of Johanan. The journey from Idi's home in Babylonia to the yeshibah of Johanan at Tiberias occupied about three months, and two journeys there and back in the year left him but one day each six months to attend the yeshibah. This caused his comrades to call him "the one-day scholar." Idi answered by quoting Job 12:4. Johanan, however, begged Idi not to call down the punishment of Heaven, and delivered a lecture in the yeshibah on the text "They seek me daily" (
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