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The Geonim is the term used to describe the rabbinic leadership in Babylonia — the largest and primary Jewish community in the world. This is a period lasting approximately from the seventh century until the eleventh century (600-1,000 CE), some 400 years. In this lecture, Rabbi Wein expounds on the lives of a few of the scholars of this time and what was going on in Jewish society at large. Your walk down HaGeonim street in Jerusalem will be forever enriched by learning about the lives of these men who were called by its lofty name.