Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish yeshiva academy in babylon”. Today it says “jewish yeshiva located in sura in what is now southern iraq”.
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Sura, Babylonia Place in Iraq Sura Academy ( Hebrew : ישיבת סורא ) was a Jewish yeshiva located in Sura in what is now southern Iraq, a region known in Jewish texts as "Babylonia". With Pumbedita Academy , it was one of the two major Jewish academies from the year 225 CE at the beginning of the era of the Amora sages until 1033 CE at the end of the era of the Gaonim . Sura Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arikha ("Rav"), a disciple of Judah ha-Nasi . Among the well-known sages that headed the yeshiva were Rav Huna , Rav Chisda , Rav Ashi , Yehudai ben Nahman , Natronai ben Hilai , Saadia Gaon , and others.
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Place in Iraq Sura Academy ( Hebrew : ישיבת סורא ) was a Jewish Yeshiva Academy in Babylon , one of the two major Jewish academies, along with the Pumbedita Yeshiva Academy , from the beginning of the era of the Amora sages and up till the end of the era of the Geonim . The Yeshiva Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arika ("Rav"), a disciple of Judah haNasi . Among the well-known sages, who headed the Yeshiva one can note: Rav Huna , Rav Chisda , Rav Ashi , Yehudai Gaon , Natronai Gaon , Saadia Gaon , and more.
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Jewish yeshiva in Sura, Babylonia Place in Iraq Sura Academy ( Hebrew : ישיבת סורא ) was a Jewish yeshiva located in Sura , Babylonia .With Pumbedita Academy , it was one of the two major Jewish academies from the year 225 CE at the beginning of the era of the Amora sages until 1033 CE at the end of the era of the Gaonim . Sura Yeshiva Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arika ("Rav"), a disciple of Judah ha-Nasi . Among the well-known sages that headed the yeshiva were Rav Huna , Rav Chisda , Rav Ashi , Yehudai Gaon , Natronai Gaon, Saadia Gaon , and others.
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Jewish yeshiva in Sura, Babylonia Place in Iraq Sura Academy ( ) was a Jewish yeshiva located in Sura in what is now southern Iraq, a region known in Jewish texts as "Babylonia". With Pumbedita Academy , it was one of the two major Jewish academies from the year 225 CE at the beginning of the era of the Amora sages until 1033 CE at the end of the era of the Gaonim . Sura Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arikha ("Rav"), a disciple of Judah ha-Nasi .Among the well-known sages that headed the yeshiva were Rav Huna , Rav Chisda , Rav Ashi , Yehudai ben Nahman , Natronai ben Hilai , Saadia Gaon , and others.
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