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AMRAM (d. 875)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 894 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMRAM (d. 875)  , a famous gaon or head of the Jewish Academy of Sura (
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Persia) in the 9th century . He was author of many " Responsa," but his chief
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work was liturgical . He was the first to arrange a
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complete liturgy for the synagogue, and his Prayer-
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Book (Siddur
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Rab `Amram) was the foundation of most of the extant
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rites in use among the Jews . The Siddur was published in Warsaw in two parts (1865) .

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