YEHUDAI BEN NAḤMAN — (Yehudai Gaon) head of the academy of Sura c. 757–61. Yehudai was one of the scholars of Pumbedita, but the Exilarch Solomon b. Ḥasdai transferred him to Sura, because there was no scholar in Sura who was his peer in knowledge (Iggeret Sherira Ga … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GAON — (pl. Geonim), formal title of the heads of the academies of Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia. The geonim were recognized by the Jews as the highest authority of instruction from the end of the sixth century or somewhat later to the middle of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gaon (Hebrew) — Gaon ( Pride [of] ; Late medieval and modern Hebrew for genius ) may refer to:* One of the Geonim, that is to say the heads of the two major academies, at Pumbedita and Sura, and later in Baghdad, during the period 589 1040. Prominent Geonim are … Wikipedia
Yehudai — (fl. 8th cent.) Babylonian gaon. He was born in Pumbedita. He succeeded Solomon bar Hasdai as head of the Sura academy in 757 and served until 761. He entered into relations with Jewish communities in North Africa, and attempted to enforce… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Achai Gaon — For the Savora sage, see Ahai. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Achai Gaon (also known as Ahai of Sabha or Aha of Sabha, Hebrew: רב אחא [אחאי] משַבָּחָא) was a leading scholar in the period of the… … Wikipedia
SAADIAH (Ben Joseph) GAON — (882–942), greatest scholar and author of the geonic period and important leader of Babylonian Jewry. Saadiah was born in Pithom (Abu Suweir), in the Faiyum district in Egypt. Little is known about his family except that his opponents slandered… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jehudai Gaon — (Yehudai Gaon / Yehudai ben Nahman) war von 757 bis ca. 761 Schulhaupt der jüdischen Akademie in Sura. Als schriftliches Werk sind von ihm die Halachot Pesukot, eine systematische Sammlung des talmudischen Rechts, überliefert. Er bemühte sich… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Yehoudaï Gaon — Yehoudaï bar Nahman Gaon (hébreu : רב יהודאי בר נחמן גאון) est un rabbin babylonien du VIIIe siècle. Considéré comme une figure majeure de ce temps, il assure le gaonat (direction académique) de Soura de 760 à 764. On lui attribue la… … Wikipédia en Français
HALAKHOT GEDOLOT — (Heb. הֲלָכוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת), halakhic code belonging to the geonic period. Nature of the Code The Halakhot Gedolot gives a systematic and comprehensive summary of all the talmudic laws. Although in general it follows the order of the tractates of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Simeon Kayyara — (Hebrew: ????? ?????) was a Jewish Babylonian halakist of the first half of the 9th century. The early identification of his surname with ?ahirah, the Arabic name of Cairo (founded 980), was shown by J.L. Rapoport ( Teshubot ha Ge onim, ed.… … Wikipedia
