Nehardea Academy

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Nehardea נהרדעא
Nehardea Nehardea's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°25′11″N 43°18′45″E / 33.41972°N 43.31250°E / 33.41972; 43.31250
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Al Anbar

Nehardea Academy (Hebrew: ישיבת נהרדעא), previously also known as The House of Learning (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: בי מדרשא, romanized: Bē Miḏraš) or The Boundary (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תחומא, romanized: Tḥūmā) was one of the major Talmudic academies in Babylonia (Mesopotamia), active intermittently from the early Amoraic period until the end of the Geonic period. It was established by the amora Samuel of Nehardea, one of the great sages of Babylon.