Rabbi Nissim Gaon
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Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Nissim Gaon canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Talmudic scholar
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halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ yeshiva head ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nissim ben Jacob
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Rav Nissim Gaon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rav Nissim ben Yaakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kairouan yeshiva
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North African Jewry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kairouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion | North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryAtTheTime | Ifriqiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Geonic period
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early Rishonim period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish law
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Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ Talmudic commentary ⓘ halakha ⓘ |
| influenced |
Isaac Alfasi
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North African halakhic tradition ⓘ later Sephardi authorities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonian Geonim
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Talmud Bavli NERFINISHED ⓘ Talmud Yerushalmi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Talmudic commentaries
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halakhic rulings ⓘ methodical indexing of Talmudic sugyot ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Sephardi halakhic tradition ⓘ |
| mainActivityPlace | Kairouan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Rabbi Nissim Gaon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sefer ha-Mafte’ach
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Talmudic commentaries ⓘ halakhic responsa ⓘ |
| occupation |
commentator
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posek ⓘ rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| positionHeld | head of the Kairouan yeshiva ⓘ |
| region | Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| scholarlyApproach |
harmonization of conflicting sugyot
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systematic analysis of Talmudic sources ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Isaac Alfasi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Geonic tradition ⓘ |
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