'''Tachlifa of the West''' ({{lang-he|{{Hebrew|תחליפא בר מערבא}}}}, [[Transliteration|translit]]: ''Tachlifa bar Ma'arava'', lit. "Tachlifa son of the West"), was a 4th century ''[[amora]]'' from [[Syria Palæstina]] who studied under Rabbi [[Abbahu]].<ref name="Gamoran2003">{{cite book|author=Hillel Gamoran|title=Talmud for Everyday Living: Insights Into Buying and Selling|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OlkmAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=UAHC Press|isbn=978-0-8074-0815-5|page=17|quote=Rav Tachlifa was a Palestinian Amora who lived in the early part of the fourth century. He spent a period of time in Babylonia, and because his origin was Palestine, he became known as "the Westerner."}}</ref> He often travelled to [[Babylonia]]<ref>Heinman, Aharon. ''[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=43958&pgnum=405 Toldos Tannaim ve-Amoraim]'', Vol 3.</ref> and it was there that he was ordained.<ref name="Frieman2000">{{cite book|author=Shulamis Frieman|title=Who's Who in the Talmud|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9PToGLIBt6UC&pg=PA313|date=1 April 2000|publisher=Jason Aronson, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-4616-3254-2|page=313}}</ref> A frequent visitor to the leather-makers market, he was known for his knowledge of [[Leather|leather goods]].<ref>Talmud Bavli: Tractate Nedarim, vol. 1-2</ref>
'''Tachlifa of the West''' ({{lang-he|{{Hebrew|תחליפא בר מערבא}}}}, [[Transliteration|translit]]: ''Tachlifa bar Ma'arava'', lit. "Tachlifa son of the West"), was an ''[[amora]]'' from [[Syria Palæstina]] who studied under Rabbi [[Abbahu]]. He often travelled to [[Babylonia]].<ref>Heinman, Aharon. ''[http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=43958&pgnum=405 Toldos Tannaim ve-Amoraim]'', Vol 3.</ref>