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בצרה

Region: Syrie (Hauran)

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The ancient Bostra, capital of the Roman province of Arabia, Bosra possesses Greek and Aramaic inscriptions attesting a Jewish presence in the Roman and Byzantine periods. The Talmud also mentions sages there.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Bosra (Bostra) give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill

Notable figures of this place

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