Statement

The Babylonian academies convened the kallot ('gatherings') twice yearly, in late winter and in late summer; scholars traveled from distant places with gifts from their communities and hoped to be granted titles of honor by the Geonim.

References

1. p. 161

   supports · main text · ch. 6

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 161

   supports · main text · ch. 6

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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