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292:(Inquiries), drawn from the entire commandments mentioned in the Torah. The book is, unto this day, found among us, and all those who came after him have examined it and scrutinized it, while we have heard that, unto this day, there is not found in it any error whatsoever. Even so, the said R. Aḥa of Shabḥa was not ordained as a
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in that same generation. Wherefore, he laid hands on (ordained) the underling of R. Aḥa whose name was R. Natronai, and R. Aḥa became angry and departed
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of high renown. He enjoys the distinction of being the first rabbinical author known to history after the completion of the
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224:, the description "Gaon" attached to his name is a misnomer. When the
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481:, Studien und Mittheilungen, iv. xxvi. and p. 373;
475:, iv. 23-26, and the passages mentioned in the index;
199:) was a leading scholar during the period of the
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211:. Ahai of Shabha is the author of the
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518:, in Rev. Ét. Juives, xxxii. 56-62.
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1118:Daniel ben Eleazer ben Hibat Allah
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1052:Zemah Tzedek ben Paltoi ben Issac
447:; et al., eds. (1901–1906).
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1133:Isaac ben Israel Ibn al-Shuwaykh
457:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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312:Full text of the Sheiltot online
407:(1955). M.D. Yerushalmi (ed.).
366:The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon
1378:Authors of books on Jewish law
812:Kohen Tzedek Kahana ben Joseph
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1306:Sar Shalom ben Moses ha-Levi
1286:Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
1276:Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
1021:Hilai ben Natronai ben Hilai
976:Mesharsheya Kahana ben Jacob
935:Mari ha-Levi ben Mesharsheya
910:Mari ha-Kohen of Nehar Pekod
777:Menahem ben Joseph ben Hiyya
528:Mari ha-Kohen of Nehar Pekod
410:Seder ha-Ḳabalah le-ha-Rabad
284:and ethics, written by Aḥa.
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1281:Solomon ben Elijah ha-Cohen
1271:Elijah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
1256:Solomon ben Joseph ha-Cohen
1128:Isaac ben al-Awani ha-Cohen
1113:Eleazer ben Hillel ben Fahd
1088:Isaac ben Moses ben Sukkari
1072:Azariah ha-Kohen ben Israel
950:Jacob ha-Kohen ben Mordecai
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1236:Samuel ben Joseph ha-Cohen
1143:Samuel ben Daniel ha-Cohen
712:Huna ben ha-Levi ben Isaac
707:Haninai Kahana ben Abraham
702:Haninai Kahana ben Abraham
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1291:Moses ben Netanel ha-Levi
1226:Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen
1186:Pinhas ben Jacob ha-Cohen
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1123:Hibat Allah ben Abil Rabi
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807:Mebasser Kahana ben Kimoi
737:Abumai Kahana ben Abraham
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1241:Jose ben Samuel ha-Cohen
1201:Aaron ben Moses ben Meir
1036:Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob
885:(Mesharsheya b. Tahlifa)
630:Huna Mari ben Mar Joseph
620:Rav Rabbah (Rava, Ravah)
272:(שאלתות), also known as
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1383:Jewish texts in Aramaic
1081:Later Babylonian Geonim
981:Kohen Tzedek ben Abimai
930:Haninai Kahana ben Huna
925:Ahhunai Kahana ben Papa
732:Kahana ben Haninai Gaon
722:Isaiah ha-Levi ben Abba
682:Hananya ben Mesharsheya
454:The Jewish Encyclopedia
347:Encyclopædia Britannica
1316:Sar Shalom ben Abraham
1191:Jehoshaphat ben Josiah
1108:Zechariah ben Berakhel
889:Hanina of Nehar Pekkod
772:Aha Kahana ben Mar Rav
666:Natroi Kahana b. Emuna
506:, Cat. Bodl. No. 4330;
449:"Aha (Ahai) of Shabha"
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1221:Aaron ha-Cohen (Gaon)
1167:Chushiel ben Elchanan
646:Natronai ben Nehemiah
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900:Jacob of Nehar Pekod
822:Hananiah ben Yehudai
752:Joseph ben Mar Hiyya
625:Rav Bosai (Bostanai)
274:Sheiltot d’Rav Achai
986:Sar Shalom ben Boaz
747:Abraham ben Sherira
717:Manasseh ben Joseph
661:Samuel ben Mar Mari
1373:8th-century rabbis
1296:Abraham ben Mazhir
1266:Daniel ben Azariah
1031:Jacob ben Natronai
1026:Shalom ben Mishael
991:Natronai ben Hilai
966:Hilai ben Hananiah
757:Isaac ben Hananiah
549:Yehudai ben Nahman
459:Its bibliography:
405:Ibn-Daʾud, Avraham
237:Solomon bar Ḥasdai
197:רב אחא משַׁבָּחָא
41:רב אחא משַׁבָּחָא
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1216:Abraham ben Aaron
1138:Ali ben Zechariah
1041:Saadia ben Joseph
1001:Nahshon ben Zadok
962:(Issac ben Jesse)
827:Aaron ibn Sargado
597:Pumbedita Academy
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546:Succeeded by
495:Bikkure ha-'Ittim
203:, an 8th-century
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1251:Josiah ben Aaron
1196:Semah ben Josiah
1162:Jacob ben Nissim
1154:Kairouan Academy
1057:Samuel ben Hofni
1047:Joseph ben Jacob
1006:Zemah ben Hayyim
895:Hillai of Naresh
817:Zemah ben Kafnai
792:Zemah ben Paltoi
767:Paltoi ben Abaye
727:Joseph ben Shila
676:Dodai ben Nahman
610:Mari ben R. Dimi
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762:Joseph ben Abba
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692:Rabba ben Dodai
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615:Rav Hana (Huna)
605:Hanan of Iskiya
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858:Sura Academy
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883:Rav Sheshna
697:Rav Shinwai
678:(Rav Dorai)
656:Joseph Gaon
510:A. Jellinek
77:8th century
1362:Categories
1342:Achai Gaon
996:Amram Gaon
955:Rav Abimai
915:Achai Gaon
905:Rav Samuel
651:Judah Gaon
479:A. Harkavy
473:Weiss, Dor
392:Cat. Bodl.
319:References
282:Jewish law
181:Achai Gaon
34:Achai Gaon
18:Achai Gaon
1152:Deans of
1011:Rav Malka
891:(Hinenai)
877:Rav Hunai
873:(Hinenai)
856:Deans of
642:(Moronai)
640:Rav Rabya
595:Deans of
423:754774918
374:923562173
290:She'iltot
264:She'iltot
241:Babylonia
230:Pumbedita
222:academies
214:She'iltot
205:Talmudist
142:Acharonim
87:She'iltot
842:Hai Gaon
467:S. Buber
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314:(Hebrew)
306:See also
298:exilarch
278:Sheiltos
270:Sheiltot
257:Sheiltot
234:exilarch
137:Rishonim
125:Savoraim
66:Religion
47:Personal
537:of the
442::
120:Amoraim
115:Tannaim
69:Judaism
1368:Geonim
1330:Others
879:(Huna)
871:Hanina
588:Geonim
421:
372:
255:Aḥa's
245:Israel
209:Talmud
201:Geonim
193:Hebrew
132:Geonim
105:Chazal
1321:Sadoq
1231:Ezrun
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