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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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464:, iv. 23-26, and the passages mentioned in the index;
188:) was a leading scholar during the period of the
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507:, in Rev. Ét. Juives, xxxii. 56-62.
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1107:Daniel ben Eleazer ben Hibat Allah
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1041:Zemah Tzedek ben Paltoi ben Issac
436:; et al., eds. (1901–1906).
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446:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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301:Full text of the Sheiltot online
396:(1955). M.D. Yerushalmi (ed.).
355:The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon
1367:Authors of books on Jewish law
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1295:Sar Shalom ben Moses ha-Levi
1275:Masliah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
1265:Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
1010:Hilai ben Natronai ben Hilai
965:Mesharsheya Kahana ben Jacob
924:Mari ha-Levi ben Mesharsheya
899:Mari ha-Kohen of Nehar Pekod
766:Menahem ben Joseph ben Hiyya
517:Mari ha-Kohen of Nehar Pekod
399:Seder ha-Ḳabalah le-ha-Rabad
273:and ethics, written by Aḥa.
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1270:Solomon ben Elijah ha-Cohen
1260:Elijah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
1245:Solomon ben Joseph ha-Cohen
1117:Isaac ben al-Awani ha-Cohen
1102:Eleazer ben Hillel ben Fahd
1077:Isaac ben Moses ben Sukkari
1061:Azariah ha-Kohen ben Israel
939:Jacob ha-Kohen ben Mordecai
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1225:Samuel ben Joseph ha-Cohen
1132:Samuel ben Daniel ha-Cohen
701:Huna ben ha-Levi ben Isaac
696:Haninai Kahana ben Abraham
691:Haninai Kahana ben Abraham
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367:; the Aramaic text reads:
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1290:Netanel ben Moses ha-Levi
1280:Moses ben Netanel ha-Levi
1215:Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen
1175:Pinhas ben Jacob ha-Cohen
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726:Abumai Kahana ben Abraham
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1230:Jose ben Samuel ha-Cohen
1190:Aaron ben Moses ben Meir
1025:Yom-Tob Kahana ben Jacob
874:(Mesharsheya b. Tahlifa)
619:Huna Mari ben Mar Joseph
609:Rav Rabbah (Rava, Ravah)
261:(שאלתות), also known as
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1372:Jewish texts in Aramaic
1070:Later Babylonian Geonim
970:Kohen Tzedek ben Abimai
919:Haninai Kahana ben Huna
914:Ahhunai Kahana ben Papa
721:Kahana ben Haninai Gaon
711:Isaiah ha-Levi ben Abba
671:Hananya ben Mesharsheya
443:The Jewish Encyclopedia
336:Encyclopædia Britannica
1305:Sar Shalom ben Abraham
1180:Jehoshaphat ben Josiah
1097:Zechariah ben Berakhel
878:Hanina of Nehar Pekkod
761:Aha Kahana ben Mar Rav
655:Natroi Kahana b. Emuna
495:, Cat. Bodl. No. 4330;
438:"Aha (Ahai) of Shabha"
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1210:Aaron ha-Cohen (Gaon)
1156:Chushiel ben Elchanan
635:Natronai ben Nehemiah
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889:Jacob of Nehar Pekod
811:Hananiah ben Yehudai
741:Joseph ben Mar Hiyya
614:Rav Bosai (Bostanai)
263:Sheiltot d’Rav Achai
975:Sar Shalom ben Boaz
736:Abraham ben Sherira
706:Manasseh ben Joseph
650:Samuel ben Mar Mari
1362:8th-century rabbis
1285:Abraham ben Mazhir
1255:Daniel ben Azariah
1020:Jacob ben Natronai
1015:Shalom ben Mishael
980:Natronai ben Hilai
955:Hilai ben Hananiah
746:Isaac ben Hananiah
538:Yehudai ben Nahman
448:Its bibliography:
394:Ibn-Daʾud, Avraham
226:Solomon bar Ḥasdai
186:רב אחא משַׁבָּחָא
30:רב אחא משַׁבָּחָא
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1205:Abraham ben Aaron
1127:Ali ben Zechariah
1030:Saadia ben Joseph
990:Nahshon ben Zadok
951:(Issac ben Jesse)
816:Aaron ibn Sargado
586:Pumbedita Academy
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484:Bikkure ha-'Ittim
192:, an 8th-century
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1300:Ezra ben Abraham
1240:Josiah ben Aaron
1185:Semah ben Josiah
1151:Jacob ben Nissim
1143:Kairouan Academy
1046:Samuel ben Hofni
1036:Joseph ben Jacob
995:Zemah ben Hayyim
884:Hillai of Naresh
806:Zemah ben Kafnai
781:Zemah ben Paltoi
756:Paltoi ben Abaye
716:Joseph ben Shila
665:Dodai ben Nahman
599:Mari ben R. Dimi
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681:Rabba ben Dodai
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604:Rav Hana (Huna)
594:Hanan of Iskiya
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645:Joseph Gaon
499:A. Jellinek
66:8th century
1351:Categories
1331:Achai Gaon
985:Amram Gaon
944:Rav Abimai
904:Achai Gaon
894:Rav Samuel
640:Judah Gaon
468:A. Harkavy
462:Weiss, Dor
381:Cat. Bodl.
308:References
271:Jewish law
170:Achai Gaon
23:Achai Gaon
1141:Deans of
1000:Rav Malka
880:(Hinenai)
866:Rav Hunai
862:(Hinenai)
845:Deans of
631:(Moronai)
629:Rav Rabya
584:Deans of
412:754774918
363:923562173
279:She'iltot
253:She'iltot
230:Babylonia
219:Pumbedita
211:academies
203:She'iltot
194:Talmudist
131:Acharonim
76:She'iltot
831:Hai Gaon
456:S. Buber
371:
353:(1988).
303:(Hebrew)
295:See also
287:exilarch
267:Sheiltos
259:Sheiltot
246:Sheiltot
223:exilarch
126:Rishonim
114:Savoraim
55:Religion
36:Personal
526:of the
431::
109:Amoraim
104:Tannaim
58:Judaism
1357:Geonim
1319:Others
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860:Hanina
577:Geonim
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361:
244:Aḥa's
234:Israel
198:Talmud
190:Geonim
182:Hebrew
121:Geonim
94:Chazal
1310:Sadoq
1220:Ezrun
290:died.
257:The
99:Zugot
532:756
524:Gaon
408:OCLC
383:s.v.
359:OCLC
283:Gaon
215:gaon
41:Died
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