Amemar (Hebrew: אַמֵּימָר, romanized: ʾammēmār) was a Babylonian rabbi of the fifth and sixth generation of amoraim.
He reestablished the Nehardea Academy, and restored it to its original reputable position—it having been destroyed over a century before by Odaenathus[1]—and was its rector for more than thirty years (390-422).
[7] On one of these occasions, Huna bar Nathan was among the assembled dignitaries, and the king, happening to notice that Huna's girdle was disheveled, adjusted it, remarking, "It is written of you,[8] 'You shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation,' and you must therefore wear the girdle as priests do."
[11] Amemar's erudition was continued in his son Mar, who often quoted him to Rav Ashi.
He had torn while sitting, but when he remembered that halacha requires tearing to be done while standing, he stood up and tore a third time.