Hai Gaon
Hai Gaon ( Hai = Chija ; Hai ben Scherira Gaon ; also Haj or Chai ; * 939 ; † March 28, 1038 ) was Gaon to Pumbedita in Babylonia as the successor of his father Scherira Gaon .
He is one of the most important Geonim at all, worked as a decisor ( halachic individual scripts , responses ) and wrote mainly in Arabic .
His Mishnah comment has been lost.
Literature (selection)
- Solomon Juda Rapoport : Bikkurei ha-ittim , 1830/31
- Heinrich Graetz : History of the Jews , Vol. V, Magdeburg 1860
- Eisik Hirsch Weiss : dor dor ... , 1871 ff., Vol. IV
- Abraham Harkavy : Studies and Communications , Petersburg 1879
- J. Müller: Introduction to the responses of the Babylonian Geonim , 1891
- Louis Ginzberg : Geonica , 1909
- JN Epstein: The Gaonean Commentary on the Tohoroth Order , 1916
- Simon Dubnow : World History of the Jewish People , Berlin 1925 ff., Vol III
- Salomon Wininger : 1925 ff., Vol. II, Article Hai
- Samuel Atlas: Article HAJ GAON , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Vol. II
- B. Lewin: Ozar hageonim , 1928
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hai Gaon in the Jewish Encyclopedia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hai Gaon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gaon to Pumbedita |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 939 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1038 |