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Geonim (Hebrew: גאונים; Hebrew: [ɡe(ʔ)oˈnim]; also
transliterated Gaonim,
singular Gaon) were the
presidents of the two
great Babylonian Talmudic Academies...
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Responsa of the
Geonim (Hebrew: תשובות הגאונים) are
responsa written by
rabbis of the
Geonic period in
response to
questions addressed to them. In the...
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Judaism in the
Eastern Roman Empire under Theodosius II; 500–650. The
Geonim ("greats" or "geniuses")
presided over the two
major Babylonian Academies...
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about 800
years over the
course of the eras of the Amoraim, Savoraim, and
Geonim up
until the days of Hai Gaon. At the time, the
academies of
Pumbedita and...
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Babylonia from the end of the era of the
Amoraim (5th century) to the
early Geonim (from the end of the 6th
century or the
midst of the 7th century). Until...
- (Hebrew: גאון, gā'ōn, lit. 'pride',
plural geonim, גְּאוֹנִים, gĕ'ōnīm) was
originally a
formal title for the
Geonim,
heads of
Talmudic academies in the 6th–11th...
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referred to him as the "Other One" (אחר, Acher). In the
writings of the
Geonim this name
appears as "Achor" ("backwards"),
because Elisha was considered...
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latter version being the most common.
Early sources, from the
Mishnah to the
Geonim, only use "Shem haMephorash" to
refer to the four-letter Tetragrammaton...
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mentioned in the
Midrash and
other later sources from the days of the
Geonim. Therefore, it is
considered less
severe than the
other fasts.
Esther asked...
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Yoetz Kav ha-Yashar Kad
HaKemah Madreigat Ha'Adam
Shemonah Perakim The
Geonim are the
rabbis of Sura and
Pumbeditha in
Babylon (650–1250 CE) : She'iltoth...
