The Kotzk Podcast
Kotzk Podcast Ep005: The shift from Babylonia to the West and the desperate need to re-establish Rabbinical authority
The Babylonian Geonim were the successors of the Rabbis of the Talmudic era, and were the pre-eminent Rabbinic authorities between the 7th and 11th centuries. On the death of Rav Hai Gaon -- the last of the Geonim -- in 1038, the centre of gravity of the