Levi ben Sisi

Levi ben Sisi or Levi bar Sisi (Sisyi, Susyi, Hebrew: לוי בר סיסי) was a Jewish scholar, one of the semi-tannaim of the late 2nd century and early 3rd century.

Although Levi bar Sisi is not given the title "Rav," he was highly esteemed among scholars.

Where an anonymous passage is introduced with the statement למדין לפני חכמים (= "it was argued before the sages"), the implication is that the argument was advanced by Levi before Judah haNasi.

The Simonias congregation charged the patriarch with sending someone unfit for the job, but he responded that Levi was as able as himself.

When Epes later died and Hanina became head of the academy, Levi moved to Babylonia, whither his fame had preceded him.