- 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...
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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...
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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"...
-
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...
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Metivta (also mesivta; Aramaic: מתיבתא, "academy") is an
Orthodox Jewish yeshiva secondary school for boys. The term is
commonly used in the
United States...
- root נ-ז-ל
meaning "to flow down". The
phrase mazel tov
first appears in
Geonic Hebrew,
where it
means "positive
astrological sign" or
simply "good fortune...
- are
responsa written by
rabbis of the
Geonic period in
response to
questions addressed to them. In the
geonic period the
elucidative letter and the scholarly...
- ISSN 0334-3650. JSTOR 23595074. The
earliest mentions of this
mnemonic include the
geonic work
Halakhot Pesuqot:
Yehudai ben
Nahman (attributed). "18".
Halakhot Pesuqot...
