- of the
Geonim covers a
period of
nearly 450 years.
There were two
major Geonic academies, one in Sura and the
other in Pumbedita. The Sura
Academy was...
-
modern scholars, most of whom
believe de León, also an
infamous forger of
Geonic material,
wrote the book
himself between 1280 and 1286. Some
scholars argue...
-
Gedoloth (lit.
great halachoth) is a work on
Jewish law
dating from the
Geonic period. It
exists in
several different recensions, and
there are sharply...
- by Ahai of
Shabha (variants: Aḥa of Shabha; Acha of Shabcha),
during the
geonic period. She'iltot is an
Aramaic word,
meaning "Inquiries" or "Quæstiones"...
-
entire Jewish world. The
deans and
students of said
academies defined the
Geonic period in
Jewish history.
Following this
period were the
Rishonim who lived...
- (Aramaic for 'Months of Kallah'). The rest of the year, they worked. The
Geonic period takes its name from Gaon, the
title given to the
heads of the three...
-
Mesivta (also 'metivta'; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an
Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is
commonly used in the
United States...
- rulings') is a
condensed rabbinic work
attributed to
Yehudai Gaon in the
Geonic Era,
containing chapters on
common Jewish halachic themes. The work was...
- 3, 2003, A
Dictionary of
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the
Talmudic and
Geonic Periods, p.682
Translation and
definition "ממון",
Dictionary Hebrew–English...
- The
Talmudic academies in Babylonia, also
known as the
Geonic academies, were the
center for
Jewish scholarship and the
development of
Halakha from roughly...
