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

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.


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