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14 October 2025
The Last of the Geonim
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The title of gaon (plural geonim ) was used for the deans of Talmudic academies . Modern Hebrew defines it as "genius." Geonim w...
13 October 2025
Talmudic Academies
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In southern Iraq, in an area referred to as Babylonia in Jewish lore, there were two Talmudic academies ( yeshiva ) that for a time were the...
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