Gaonim

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Gaonim were the scholarly and spiritual leaders of the Jewish communities in Babylonia from about 580 to 1040 A.D. "Gaonim" is the plural of "gaon," a Biblical Hebrew term meaning glory or splendor.

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The era of the Gaonim was the fourth era of post-Temple Jewish history.

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