Rafram II

Rafram (II) (Hebrew: רפרם‎, read as Rafram) was Babylonian rabbi, of the seventh generation of amoraim.

For the sixth generation Amora sage of Babylon, also Academy of Pumbedita's Dean, with a similar name, see: Rafram I (Rafram b. Papa).

He was a disciple of Rav Ashi[1] and a colleague of Ravina II.[2] He succeeded R. Geviha as head of the Academy of Pumbedita. He headed the Pumbedita academy for ten years until his death on 443.[3]

References

1. Ketuvot 95b; Gittin 42a
2. Yoma 78a
3. Sherira, in Neubauer, "M. J. C." i. 34; Abraham ibn Daud, ib. i. 61

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "RAFRAM II". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.