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Historical Epoch · 600 CE – 1050 CE
Geonic Period
תקופת הגאונים
The hegemony of Sura and Pumbedita in Abbasid Babylonia, standardizing halakhic responsa and liturgy.
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#43Tier II
Saadia Gaon
892 – 94210th-century rabbi
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#44Tier II
Nachmanides
Historical –13th century Sephardic rabbi and scholar
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#104Tier III
Isaac Alfasi
1013 – 1103Maghrebi Talmudist and posek, commonly referred to as "the Rif" (1013–1103)
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#183Tier III
Ravina II
Historical –Late 5th-century rabbi and redactor of the Talmud
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#186Tier III
Sherira Gaon
Historical –10th century gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha
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#196Tier III
Rabbenu Tam
Historical –Twelfth-century French Ashkenazi rabbi, leading Tosafist, & leading halakhic authority
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#197Tier III
Bahya ibn Paquda
Historical –Spanish Jewish philosopher and rabbi (c.1050–1120)
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#229Tier III
Hai Gaon
Historical –Gaon of Academy of Pumbedita
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#625Tier V
Gershom ben Judah
Historical –Rabbi
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#801Tier V
Rashbam
Historical –French rabbi
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