Nissim ben Jacob (Hebrew: ניסים בן יעקב), also known as Nissim Gaon (Hebrew: רבנו נסים גאון, lit. 'Our teacher Nissim the Gaon'; 990–1062), was a rabbi...

as: Achai Gaon (?-753-?) Nissim Gaon (990–1062) Specific rabbis of later periods, called "gaon": The Vilna Gaon (1720–1797) The Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936)...

(990–1062), also known as Rav Nissim Gaon, a rabbi Nissim Dahan (born 1954), Israeli politician who served as Minister of Health Nissim de Camondo (1892–1917)...

Gaon (906–1006) Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel) (990–1053) and Nissim Gaon (990–1062) of Kairouan, though not holders of the office of Gaon...

Another important work is the Sefer ha-Mafteaḥ (Book of the Key) by Nissim Gaon, which contains a preface explaining the different forms of Talmudic...

of Rabbi Sherira Gaon (Hebrew: אגרת רב שרירא גאון), also known as the Letter of Rav Sherira Gaon, and the Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon, is a responsum penned...

Kairouan yeshiva, and through correspondence with Hai Gaon. He is closely associated with Nissim Ben Jacob in the capacity of rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of...

Artzit Winners 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98 Maccabi Jaffa Tins Stadium \ Nissim Gaon Stadium Tel Aviv 100, The Municipal Encyclopedia (in Hebrew) Maccabi...

as Gaon "head of the academy" despite the weight of precedent (no foreigner had ever served as Gaon before) and against the advice of the aged Nissim Nahrwani...

was born in 1813 in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself a descendant of Nissim Gaon; he was the eldest of eight brothers and eight sisters. He studied under...

"Al HaNissim" is Rabbi Achai Mishbaha in the book of queries and its full version is found for the first time in the order of Rabbi Amram Gaon and Siddur...

ethical will. The writers whom Judah quotes include Amram Gaon, Sherira Gaon, Hai Gaon, Nissim Gaon, Alfasi, Maimonides, Elijah ben Menahem, Gershom ben Judah...

through the scholars of Kairouan, notably Chananel Ben Chushiel and Nissim Gaon, to Spain, where it was used by Isaac Alfasi in his Sefer ha-Halachot...

Holy Land mystic and Talmudist Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon), (990–1062) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), (1320–1376) 14th-century...

and the father of Hai Gaon, who succeeded him as Gaon. He wrote the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon ("[The] Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon"), a comprehensive history...

Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin was a Jewish philosopher and mathematician who lived in Kairouan, Tunisia, in the 10th century; he was a younger contemporary...

the middle of the Tosafot, in smaller font to set them apart. Rabeinu Nissim Gaon (990–1062) of Kairouan, North Africa, whose commentary, printed in the...

century (although later revised), since it is cited by Samuel ben Hofni, Nissim Gaon, and other early sources. A manuscript of this midrash is in the Parma...

She'iltoth of Acha'i [Gaon] Halachot Gedolot Halachot Pesukot, by Rav Yehudai Gaon Emunoth ve-Deoth (Saadia Gaon) The Siddur by Amram Gaon Responsa The Rishonim...

were officially under the rashut of Land of Israel; see S. Abramson, R Nissim Gaon: Libelli Quinque (Hebrew) (Jerusalem, 1965), 25-26, 43-46 "The Jewish...

Yaakov ben Nissim's death, in 1006, succeeded him. Upon the death of Rabbi Chushiel, Rabbenu Nissim ben Jacob, son of Rabbi Yaakov ben Nissim, assumed the...

initially built with donations from wealthy Sephardi benefactors, such as Nissim Gaon and Leon Taman. The hospital went into debt and was sold to Kupat Holim...

Ṣāliḥ bin Sulaymān al-Hārūnī; died 1139), alternatively Matzliach, was a Gaon and the leader of the Palestinian Gaonate in Fustat, the principal Talmudic...

שרירא) better known as Hai Gaon (Hebrew: האיי גאון), was a medieval Jewish theologian, rabbi and scholar who served as Gaon of the Talmudic academy of...

significant awards during his studies including the Mifal HaPayis award, the Nissim Gaon Award, and the Recanati Family Foundation Award. In 1995, together with...

titles included Hakham Bashi and Gaon. He was the father of grand rabbis Abraham Palacci and Isaac Palacci (Rahamim Nissim Palacci) and rabbi Joseph Palacci...

empowerment of the study of Jewish communities in Arab countries, The Nissim Gaon award for the study of North-African Jewish heritage, the Golden Prize...

Nissim ben Reuven (1290 – 9th of Shevat, 1376, Hebrew: נִסִּים בֶּן רְאוּבֵן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority on Jewish...

ambitious, deposed Kohen-Ẓedeḳ and appointed another gaon. This dispute lasted for two years, until Nissim Naharwani, highly respected for his piety, intervened...

Perfet, of Barcelona, studied under Hasdai Crescas and Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi was a steadfast Rationalist who did not...