- the exile'. The
position was
similarly called in
Aramaic (ריש גלותא
Reysh Galuta or Resh Galvata) and
Arabic (رأس الجالوت Raas al-Galut. It was translated...
-
community worldwide in the
early medieval era, in
contrast to the Resh
Galuta (exilarch) who
wielded secular authority over the Jews in
Islamic lands...
- the Sanhedrin); in Babylonia,
through the
hereditary office of the
Reish Galuta, the "Head of the Exile" or "Exilarch" (who
ratified the
appointment of...
-
contrast to the Resh
Galuta (Exilarch) who
wielded secular authority over the Jews in
Islamic lands.
According to traditions, the Resh
Galuta were descendants...
- The ****yrian
diaspora (Syriac: ܓܠܘܬܐ,
Galuta, "exile")
refers to
ethnic ****yrians
living in
communities outside their ancestral homeland. The
Eastern Aramaic-speaking...
- Israel. The
highest official of
Babylonian Jewry was the
exilarch (Reish
Galuta, "Head of the Diaspora").
Those who held the
position traced their ancestry...
-
ninth century. As the
direct lineal heir of Anan, Boaz was nasi and resh
galuta of the
Karaite Jews. He was the
father of
David ben Boaz.
Karaite Exilarchs...
-
eventually replaced with
Hebrew ones, e.g. Al-Kutub
Street was
renamed Resh
Galuta Street, Abu
Ubeyda Street was
renamed She’erit Yisra’el Street, and Al-Salahi...
-
kings elevated the
princes of the
Exile to a kind of nobility,
called Resh
Galuta.
Until then they had used the Jews as
collectors of revenue. The Parthians...
- to have been in poor cir****stances. Once he
incurred a debt to the resh
galuta (exilarch),
which he
could not repay, and only by
disguising himself did...
