Rav Yehudai Gaon
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Rav Yehudai Gaon was a leading 8th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon whose halakhic rulings and responsa significantly shaped early medieval Jewish law and practice.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rav Yehudai Gaon canonical | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gaon
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Jewish legal decisor ⓘ Talmudic scholar ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 8th century ⓘ |
| chronology | among the earlier Geonim of Sura ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Geonic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmud ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
posek
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rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Rav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inferredFrom | Geonic responsa collections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Rishonim
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early medieval Jewish law ⓘ later Geonim ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonian Talmud
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earlier Amoraim ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Babylonian Jewish communities
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diaspora Jewish communities seeking halakhic guidance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritative halakhic rulings
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early codification of Jewish law ⓘ responsa to Jewish communities in the diaspora ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematization of practical halakha from the Talmud ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Halakhot Pesukot
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responsa ⓘ |
| partOf | Geonic leadership of Babylonian Jewry ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Gaon of Sura
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head of a Babylonian Talmudic academy ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Babylonia
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Sura academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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