Nisibis

Talmudic-era settlement

Nisibis (today Nusaybin in southeastern Turkey, on the Syrian border) was a city in northern Mesopotamia with an ancient and important Jewish community. In the tannaitic and early amoraic periods it was home to the famous academy of Rabbi Judah ben Bathyra, which drew students from the Land of Israel and was a refuge for Palestinian scholars during periods of persecution.

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