Kallah (semiannual assembly)

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Kallah was a semiannual scholarly assembly in the Babylonian Jewish academies where students and rabbis gathered for intensive study and legal discussion.

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Kallah 1
Kallah (semiannual assembly) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Torah study gathering
rabbinic institution
scholarly assembly
associatedWith Babylonian Jewish academies
attendancePattern students traveled from various Jewish communities
frequency semiannual
function centralization of Jewish legal authority
formulation of halakhic rulings
public questioning of students
review of assigned Talmudic tractates
governanceRole forum for communal and legal decisions
heldAt Pumbedita academy
Sura academy
historicalSources Geonic responsa
later rabbinic literature
impact dissemination of Babylonian halakhah
strengthening ties between diaspora communities and Babylonian academies
languageOfStudy Aramaic
Hebrew
location Babylonia
linked to: Babylon
mainTextStudied Babylonian Talmud
linked to: Talmud Bavli

Bible
organizedBy gaon
heads of Babylonian academies
participants gaon (head of academy)
linked to: Acharya

rabbis
students
purpose Talmudic analysis
halakhic (legal) discussion
intensive Torah study
relatedTo Geonim
yeshiva system in Babylonia
religiousTradition Judaism
timePeriod Geonic era
early medieval period

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Sura hasAcademicTerm Kallah (semiannual assembly)
Sabbath Queen alsoKnownAs Kallah
subject linked to: Sabbath queen
linked to: Kallah (semiannual assembly)