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...
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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)...
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(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)...
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Geonim (section The title "Gaon")
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Artzit Winners 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98 Maccabi Jaffa Tins Stadium \ Nissim Gaon Stadium Tel Aviv 100, The Municipal Encyclopedia (in Hebrew) Maccabi...
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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...
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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...
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ethical will. The writers whom Judah quotes include Amram Gaon, Sherira Gaon, Hai Gaon, Nissim Gaon, Alfasi, Maimonides, Elijah ben Menahem, Gershom ben Judah...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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Sherira ben Hanina (redirect from Sherira ben Ḥanina Gaon)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen (redirect from Matzliach Gaon)
Ṣāliḥ bin Sulaymān al-Hārūnī; died 1139), alternatively Matzliach, was a Gaon and the leader of the Palestinian Gaonate in Fustat, the principal Talmudic...
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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...
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Hai ben Sherira (redirect from Rav Hai Gaon)
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...
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significant awards during his studies including the Mifal HaPayis award, the Nissim Gaon Award, and the Recanati Family Foundation Award. In 1995, together with...
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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...
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Nissim ben Reuven (1290 – 9th of Shevat, 1376, Hebrew: נִסִּים בֶּן רְאוּבֵן) of Girona, Catalonia was an influential talmudist and authority on Jewish...
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ambitious, deposed Kohen-Ẓedeḳ and appointed another gaon. This dispute lasted for two years, until Nissim Naharwani, highly respected for his piety, intervened...
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Jewish philosophy (section Sa'adya Gaon)
Perfet, of Barcelona, studied under Hasdai Crescas and Rabbi Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi. Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi was a steadfast Rationalist who did not...
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