Acha (scholar)
R. Acha (also: Achai ; * 680 ; † 752 ) was a Jewish scholar of Gaonean rank, often quoted as Gaon, although he never achieved the office of Gaon.
In Babylonia he wrote Scheiltot ("Questions", "Problems"), a representation of the Halacha completed in Palestine around 760 according to the order of the Pentateuch (only incompletely preserved).
The more extensive Halachot Pesuqot ("The decided religious laws ") of the Jehudai Gaon († presumably 761) or his disciples and the Halachot Gedolot ("The great Halachot"), in which the first list of the 613 commandments and prohibitions, depend on the Scheiltot ( Mitzvot ) of Judaism is present.
Expenses (selection)
- Venice 1546
- Dyrhenfurth 1786
- Wilna 1861 (with notes from R. Jesaia ben Löb Berlin)
- Versailles 1886 (partial Hebrew translation based on the Aramaic original)
- She'iltot by Achai Gaon, edited by S. Mirsky, Sheeltot de Rab Ahai Gaon, 5 volumes, Jerusalem 1960–1977
Literature (selection)
- Leopold Zunz : To history and literature. 1845
- Julius Fürst : Bibliotheca Judaica. Leipzig 1849
- Article Achai. In: Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume I, 1925
- Günter Stemberger : Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash. 8th edition, Munich 1992
- Encyclopaedia Judaica . Volume 2, Jerusalem 1971
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| SURNAME | Aha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 680 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 752 |