אַשֵּׁי pr. n. m. Ashshé, 1) R. A. bar Sinai, president of the academy of Sura (beginning of the fifth century), generally accepted as the redactor of the Gemara (v. גְּמָרָא). Gitt. 59ᵃ. B. Mets. 86ᵃ; a. fr. —2) Other Amoraim by that name. Sabb. 75ᵇ; a. fr. [Y. Ber. I, 3ᵃ top אשיא.]