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Sura (city)
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
.
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