Sura (city)

Sura was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship, that together with the city of Pumbeditha , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud.

Place in Iraq Sura was a city in the southern part of ancient Babylonia , located west of the Euphrates River . It was well known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes , wheat , and barley . It was also a major center of Torah scholarship, and home of an important yeshiva , which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud . According to Rav Sherira Gaon , Sura ( Hebrew : סורא ) was identical to the town of Mata Mehasia ( מתא מחסיא ), which is also mentioned in the Talmud, however, Matha-Mehasia is cited in the Talmud , many times, either as a nearby town or a suburb of Sura, and the Talmudist academy in Matha-Mehasia was sometimes moved or served as an additional branch to the Talmudist academy of Sura. The academy at Sura was founded by Rav ( Abba Arika ) in the third century. A Syriac source describes it as a town completely inhabited by Jews, situated between Māḥōzē (i.e. Al-Mada'in ) and Al-Hira in Southern Iraq. A responsum of Rabbi Natronai Gaon says that Sura was about 6 km from Al-Hira. סורא , Da'at Encyclopedia; Article Gil, Moshe; David Strassler (2004). Jews in Islamic Countries in the Middle Ages .

Place in Iraq Sura was a city in the southern part of the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia , located east of the Euphrates . It was well-known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes , wheat , and barley . It was also a major center of Torah scholarship and home of an important yeshiva - the Sura Academy - which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud .

Place in Iraq Sura ( ) was a city in the southern part of the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia , located east of the Euphrates . It was well-known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes , wheat , and barley . It was also a major center of Torah scholarship and home of an important yeshiva —the Sura Academy —which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud .

Place in Iraq Sura ( Syriac : ܫܘܪܐ ) was a city in the southern part of the area called by ancient Jewish sources Babylonia , located east of the Euphrates . It was well-known for its agricultural produce, which included grapes , wheat , and barley . It was also a major center of Torah scholarship and home of an important yeshiva —the Sura Academy —which, together with the yeshivas in Pumbedita and Nehardea , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud .