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The final installment in our series on the Iggeres D’Rav Sherira Gaon! We conclude with discussions as to why Avuha D’Shmuel is called Avuha D’Shmuel and not Abba bar Abba, and the 10 Bar...

Rabba and Rava, the two different Abbas! The abbreviations that were contracted into names! Who was called by their mother’s name and why! (Going back to Yoav ben Tzeruya) What Abaye stands for! and...

Lots of fundamental stuff on who’s called by his name, who is called Rabban, who is called Rebbe and who is called Rav. And why! Who is called Mar and who is called Rabna....

We conclude the first Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. We arrive at the Gaonate of Rav Sherira and the appointment of his son Rav Hai (later to be Rav Hai Gaon) as the Av...

We learn about the eroding status of the Gaonate of Masa Mechasia (Sura), the rise of Rav Sa’adia Gaon of Egypt, his dispute with the Reish Galusa, David, and the aftermath. Please subscribe to...

A mini-shiur on Rabbi Shlomo Poltachek, the Meitcheter Illui, zt”l’s chiddush in the sugya of Ger Kattan, delivered at a zoom session organized by his descendants, in commemoration of the Illui’s yahrzeit in 5785....

We meet many Gaonim, many who reigned for pretty short spans. We meet the famous Gaonim Rav Amram and Rav Nachshon. Some controversies. And RSG’s great grandfather. Please subscribe to my channel. Please consider...

לע”נ החייל הצנחן רב”ט דן מהדל פיליפסון ז”ל Gaonim appointed by rival Reishei Galusa, Gaonim appointed on account of dreams; the appearance of Eliyahu HaNavi and the space left for him in the Beis...

100 years in which the Gaonate in Sura was subject to turmoil. What kind of turmoil? We are introduced to Anan and the Karaites. Please subscribe to my channel. Please consider sponsoring my videos...

Early Gaonim, fights with the Reish Galusa and internal rivalries. The author of the She’iltos and his self-imposed “exile” to the Land of Israel; the Gaon who left to Spain and the Takkanah to...