replied, "I have never heard of such a precept; and had I heard it, I should have followed it." Another version makes Dimi himself the transmitter of that very rule. Dimi of Ḥaifa (Meg. 29b; compare "Sheiltot Ḥanukkah," end): See Avdimi of Haifa. Dimi b. Ḥama See Abdima Bar Ḥama. Dimi b. Hinena Babylonian amora of the fourth century; contemporary of Rav Safra and of Hiyya bar Rabbah bar Nahmani; also of Rava, before whom he and his brother Rabbah (Rabbin) b. Hinena once appeared as litigants. That he was prominent among the scholars of his age may be assumed from the fact that Rav Chisda cites a halakhic decision of his. Dimi b. Huna of Damharia Babylonian halakhist of the sixth amoraic generation (fifth century); contemporary of Rabbina III. Dimi b. Isaac Babylonian amora of the fourth generation; junior of Rav Judah bar Ezekiel, who gave him some lessons in comparative anatomy. Introducing a lecture on the Book of Esther, Dimi cites Ezra 9:9, "Our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia." "When?" he asks; and answers, "In the days of Haman". Dimi bar Joseph Babylonian scholar of the third amoraic generation (third century); disciple of Samuel of Nehardea and senior to Rav Chisda and Rav Sheshet. His sister sued him before Rav Nachman for the restoration of a parcel of land which she had legally transferred to him in her illness. Probably because of Dimi's age and professional status, he refused to obey Nachman's summons until he was threatened with excommunication. When his son had the misfortune to lose a child within thirty days from its birth, and—contrary to the rabbinic rule, which does not impose mourning for an infant under thirty days of age—he had assumed ritualistic mourning, Dimi remonstrated with him, observing, "It is only because you desire to be regaled with delicacies that you indulge in ritualistic mourning for so young an infant". Dimi b. Levai Babylonian scholar of the fourth century. Once on a cloudy Friday, he thought that the sun had set, and at once recited the Sabbath prayer. Subsequently the skies cleared, and he discovered his mistake. Upon his seeking rabbinic guidance, Abaye declared that he could resume his weekday work. Dimi of Nehardea Babylonian scholar of the fourth century; head of the Academy of Pumbedita (385-388).