 He attempted to decide questions independently, and would not always search for a mishnah or baraita to support an opinion.His pupil Isaac b. Judah left him, therefore, to study under R. Sheshet, saying that although a decision might apparently be based on correct reasoning, it must be ignored if a mishnah or a baraita could be found that contradicted it; but a decision rendered in agreement with a mishnah or a baraita does not become invalid, even where another mishnah or baraita can be cited in opposition to it.Rami bar Hama's daughter may have married Rav Ashi.