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Gaon of Academy of Pumbedita
Hai ben Sherira (Hebrew: האיי בר שרירא), better known as Hai Gaon (Hebrew: האיי גאון), was a medieval Jewish theologian, rabbi and scholar who served as
Hai_ben_Sherira
10th century gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha
His son Hai succeeded him as gaon. He wrote the Iggeret of Rabbi Sherira Gaon, a comprehensive history of the composition of the Talmud. Sherira was born
Sherira_ben_Hanina
Talmud compiled in Southern Levant
authorities increasingly treated it as the primary talmudic authority. Hai ben Sherira, on the preeminence of the Babylonian Talmud, wrote: Anything that
Jerusalem_Talmud
Apocryphal book of ancient Hebrew magic
assumed that the text predates the 11th century, based on a letter by Hai ben Sherira (939-1038) which mentions the book alongside the Sefer haYashar, described
The_Sword_of_Moses
Kabbalistic term that literally means "contracting the path
5:2 When Natronai ben Hilai was rumored to have used kefitzat haderech to travel from Babylonia to France and back, Hai ben Sherira rejected the possibility
Kefitzat_haderech
Tunisian rabbi and exegete (990 – 1062)
Kairouan Yeshiva, initially under his father, Jacob ben Nissim, who had studied under Hai ben Sherira and then Chushiel, who succeeded as head of the yeshiva
Nissim_ben_Jacob
Lineage of the Israelite king David
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Davidic_line
Jewish prayer
Amram ben Sheshna ruled according to the current Ashkenazi custom, whereas later geonim - Saadia Gaon, Sherira ben Hanina, and Hai ben Sherira - called
Ahavat_Olam
11th-century Italian Jewish lexicographer
masters. Nathan went to Sicily. Maṣliaḥ ben Eliah al-Baṣaq had just returned from a course of study under Hai ben Sherira, the last gaon of Pumbedita Academy
Nathan_ben_Jehiel
9th century rabbi
instructed the people, and then returned to Mesopotamia the same way. Hai ben Sherira, however, denied this, suggesting that some adventurer may have impersonated
Natronai_ben_Hilai
Reincarnation in Kabbalah
Crescas, Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (early 14th century), Joseph Albo, Abraham ibn Daud, and Leon of Modena. Among the Geonim, Hai ben Sherira argued with
Gilgul
Medieval Hebrew apocalypse
credited with killing multiple evil kings. Saadia Gaon (892–942) and Hai ben Sherira (939–1038), both heads of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia, probably
Apocalypse_of_Zerubbabel
Hebrew word and title
Gaon (882/892 – 942) Zemah ben Hayyim (Gaon 889–895) Sherira ben Hanina (906–1006) Samuel ben Hofni (died 1034) Hai ben Sherira (939–1038) A honorific title
Gaon_(Hebrew)
Gaon of Sura Academy in Mesopotamia
whose death Samuel wrote an elegy. Samuel was the father-in-law of Hai ben Sherira, who is authority for the statement that Samuel, like many of his contemporaries
Samuel_ben_Hofni
Andalusian rabbi (d. 1014/1024)
Samuel ibn Naghrela. Ibn Daud reports that relations between Hanoch and Hai ben Sherira were strained since the increasing stature of the Spanish yeshivot
Hanoch_ben_Moses
Spanish rabbi
followed the style of Isaac Alfasi and was clearly influenced by Hai ben Sherira, Sherira ben Hanina, Joseph ibn Migash, Rashi, and Maimonides. The only sections
Meir_Abulafia
Mesopotamian Talmudic scholar
later, as one can see from the Iggeret of Sherira ben Hanina to Kairouan and in the work of his son, Hai ben Sherira. However the arguments made are echoed
Pirqoi_ben_Baboi
2nd-cent. Aramaic Nevi'im translation
28b; Megillah 3a תרגום יונתן לנביאים Hai ben Sherira, Commentary on Tohorot, quoted in the Arukh of Nathan ben Jehiel; see Kohut, "Aruch Completum,"
Targum_Jonathan
Pesahim 2:5 "wild barley" (Hordeum spontaneum) Compare responsum of Hai ben Sherira quoted in Sefer Shaarei Teshuvah - 353 Geonic Responsa, "Chullin 106a:11
Handwashing_in_Judaism
Family of Jewish priests
of Levi with the greater tribe of Levi including Kohanim as well. Hai ben Sherira, in a letter sent to the kohanism of Synagogue of the Kohanim of Djirt
Sons_of_Zadok
pitch or wax. According to both medieval authorities like Geonim Sherira and Hai ben Sherira, and modern scholars like Abraham Epstein, Kayyara is the author
Simeon_Kayyara
Different collections of Torah aggadot
known through later quotations. Only a few authorities, like Hai ben Sherira and Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw, know it under the name "Tanhuma". This confusion
Midrash_Tanhuma
Geonic halakhic work
Halachot Gedolot. Many ancient authorities, like the Geonim Sherira ben Hanina and Hai ben Sherira, and others, support Kayyara's authorship; and according
Halachot_Gedolot
Jewish legalistic body
the academy in the Land of Israel existing during the lifetime of Hai ben Sherira, the last Babylonian gaon, is from a mention of Josiah Ḥaber being
Palestinian_Gaonate
Babylonian rabbi (d. 890)
ben Paltoi was an ancestor of Rabbi Hai Gaon, from Hai Gaon's maternal line. He was also the great-grandfather of Sherira Gaon. ben Hanina, Sherira (1988)
Zemah_ben_Paltoi
Jewish yeshiva in Babylon
Simuna, and Geonim Rab Rabbah Gaon and Paltoi ben Abbaye Gaon, as well as Sherira Gaon and his son, Hai Gaon. Pumbedita Academy was at its peak during
Pumbedita_Academy
16th-century Czech rabbi based in Prague
authority) that his [Judah Leib the Elder] lineage goes back to Reb Hai Gaon the son of Sherira Gaon. Great doubt should be cast upon this." Similar dubious
Judah_Leib_the_Elder
Geonic halakhic work
did not write with his own hands but rather dictated by scribes. Hai ben Sherira, gaon of Pumbedita Academy, noted that "anything that the sages did
Halachot_Pesukot
Jewish leader in Mesopotamia (c.599–670)
doi:10.2307/3622270. Hai Gaon, l.c. l.c. In Jew. Quart. Rev. xiv.242-246 "SHERIRA B. ḤANINA". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906. Sherira boasted that his genealogy
Bostanai
Kabbalah dream-based divination
that despite being hidden from view, he will speak to them in dreams. Hai ben Sherira Gaon, a medieval Jewish Rabbi and scholar living from 939 to 1038,
Dream_question
Baraita
דִמְלֶאכֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן) is a baraita cited several times by Hai ben Sherira, by Nathan ben Jehiel in the Arukh, as well as in Rashi, Yalkut Shimoni, and
Baraita on the Erection of the Tabernacle
Baraita_on_the_Erection_of_the_Tabernacle
Early medieval style of Jewish philosophy
following, many of whom were Karaites: Saadia Gaon Hai ben Sherira David ibn Merwan al-Mukkamas Samuel ben Hofni Jewish Kalam was adopted by the Rabbanite
Jewish_Kalam
Czech rabbi and Kabbalist (d. 1609)
Judah Leib the Elder and thus a claimant to the Davidic line, through Sherira Gaon. However, modern scholars such as Otto Muneles have challenged this
Judah_Loew_ben_Bezalel
Four seasons of the year recognized by Talmud writers
sacrificed his daughter. The origin of the superstition cannot be traced. Hai ben Sherira, in the 10th century, in reply to a question as to the prevalence of
Tekufah
Rabbi, posek, commentator on the Mishnah, and Paytan (~950 – ~1010)
Geonim of his generation. He would refer questions to Rabbi Sherira Gaon and his son Rabbi Hai Gaon. Most of his responses were written in Hebrew with some
Meshullam_ben_Kalonymus
Obsolete Jewish legal term
with murders, brigandage and robbery during the Second Temple period. Hai ben Sherira also thought that the word Sicarii refers to government personnel involved
Sicaricon
Heads of the Babylonian Talmudic Academies (6th–11th century)
(died 875) Dodai ben Nahman, gaon of the Talmudic academy at Pumbedita (761–764) Hai Gaon (939–1038) Saadia Gaon (882 or 892 – 942) Sherira Gaon (906–1006)
Geonim
French tosafist
Judah quotes include Amram Gaon, Sherira Gaon, Hai Gaon, Nissim Gaon, Alfasi, Maimonides, Elijah ben Menahem, Gershom ben Judah, Jacob of Orleans, Jacob
Judah_ben_Isaac_Messer_Leon
Babylonian rabbi and amora (220–299)
Eruvin 2b Berachot 36a; Kiddushin 32a Hai Gaon in a responsa Sherira Gaon (1988). The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich
Judah_bar_Ezekiel
Central text of Rabbinic Judaism
Gaon, Sherira, Hai Gaon, and Saadya (though in this case, Saadiya is not likely to be the true author). Of these, the commentary of Paltoi ben Abaye (c
Talmud
Leader of the Jewish community in Mesopotamia
this list. Judah Zakkai, who is called "Zakkai ben Ahunai" by Sherira, had as rival candidate Natronai ben Habibai, who, however, was defeated and sent
Exilarch
Center for Jewish scholarship, 589 to 1038
gaon of Sura, according to Sherira Gaon, was Mar Rab Mar, who assumed office in 609. The last gaon of Sura was Samuel ben Hofni, who died in 1034; the
Talmudic academies in Babylonia
Talmudic_academies_in_Babylonia
Babylonia, including with leading Torah authorities such as Rav Sherira Gaon, Rav Hai Gaon, and Shmuel Hanaggid. At the peak of the yeshiva's prestige
History of the Jews in Kairouan
History_of_the_Jews_in_Kairouan
Talmudic Academy
location, including with leading Torah authorities such as Rav Sherira Gaon, Rav Hai Gaon, and Shmuel Hanaggid. This communication and the commentaries
Kairouan_Yeshiva
Short prayer in Judaism
teshuva of Hayy Gaon (d. 1038; Groner's list #1092; one MS: Sherira Gaon) quoted by Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne: They asked Rav Hayy . . . "Are the 'ten
Hadran_(Talmud)
Geonic halakhic work
She'iltot between the years 741 and 763 CE, a timeframe corroborated by Sherira ben Hanina in his Iggeret. It is unclear whether he compiled his work in
She'iltot
since reference to a passage in it is made in a question addressed to Sherira and Hai Gaon from a distant region. In their responsum to this question they
Evel_Rabbati
First major written collection of the Oral Torah
instruction", or "to teach". Traditional accounts, especially the Iggeret of Sherira Gaon, credit Judah ha-Nasi ("Judah the Prince") with the final redaction
Mishnah
Jewish literature attributed to rabbis
haZohar Tomer Devorah Zohar Arba'ah Turim Aruch HaShulchan Beit Yosef Ben Ish Hai Chayei Adam and Chochmat Adam Darkhei Moshe Halachot Gedolot Kaf HaChaim
Rabbinic_literature
Israeli Jewish law scholar (1938–2020)
Family on Our Time, II (1980), pp. 43–73 "The Idea of Oral Law in R. Sherira's Epistle", Da'at IV (1980), pp. 5–16 "First-fruits in Rabbinic Law", Eshel
Gerald_Blidstein
Yemenite Jewish tradition of orthography in a Torah scroll
[of the Law] left by the early Geonim, [particularly] by Rav Sherira [Gaon] and Rabbeinu Hai [Gaon]. And when the books of Rabbeinu Moshe (i.e. Maimonides
Torah_scroll_(Yemenite)
(798–804) Kahana ben Haninai Gaon, Gaon (804–810) Abumai Kahana ben Abraham, Gaon (810–814) Joseph ben R. Abba, Gaon (814–816) Abraham ben R. Sherira, Gaon (816–828)
List of 9th-century religious leaders
List_of_9th-century_religious_leaders
– Sherira Gaon, Gaon (968–1006) Hai Gaon, Gaon (1004–1038) Hezekiah Gaon, Gaon and Exilarch (1038–1040) Sura Academy (complete list) – Samuel ben Hofni
List of 11th-century religious leaders
List_of_11th-century_religious_leaders
Talmudic tractate about the Jewish Sabbath
authorities, Rav Sherira Gaon and Rav Hai Gaon, and from Rabenu Chananel. Avi ha'Ezri, more commonly known as Sefer ha'Ra'avyah, by Rabbeinu Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi
Shabbat_(Talmud)
Object believed to offer protection or grace on the wearer
the Seal of Solomon. During the Middle Ages, Maimonides and Sherira Gaon (and his son Hai Gaon) opposed the use of amulets and derided the "folly of amulet
Amulet
Midrash interpreting the Book of Leviticus
is referred to by Nathan ben Jehiel (c. 1035–1106) in his Arukh as well as by Rashi (1040–1105). According to Leopold Zunz, Hai Gaon (939-1038) and Nissim
Leviticus_Rabbah
internationally renowned academies”. Their Geonim, among them Sherira Gaon, Hai Gaon, Samuel ben Hofni and Saadia Gaon, answered questions about marriage,
Judeo-Arabic_literature
Responsa written by the rabbis of the Geonic Period
demon may disappear each time the bereaved sit down". The famous Letter of Sherira Gaon, which is the chief historic source for the Talmudic and geonic periods
Responsa_of_the_Geonim
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