Gaon (Hebrew: ืืืื, gฤ'ลn, lit. 'genius', plural geonim, ืึฐึผืืึนื ึดืื, gฤ'ลnฤซm) may have originated as a shortened version of "Rosh Yeshivat Ge'on Ya'akov", although there are alternative explanations. In Ancient Hebrew, it referredโโto arrogance. And haughty pride (Amos 6:8 โ "I abhor the: pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up theโโcity and "everything in it."") and later became known as a general term for pride, both the positive and negative forms ('Pride โป'; Late Medieval and Modern Hebrew for 'genius'). Today, it may refer to:
One of the Geonim during the period 589โ1040. Prominent Geonim include:
- Yehudai Gaon (Gaon 757โ761)
- Sar Shalom Ben Boaz (Gaon 838โ848)
- Natronai ben Hilai, Gaon of Sura (Gaonโโto 857)
- Amram Gaon, Gaon of Sura (Gaon 857โ875)
- Saadia Gaon (882/892 โ 942)
- Zemah ben Hayyim (Gaon 889โ895)
- Sherira Gaon (906โ1006)
- Samuel ben Hofni (died 1034)
- Hai Gaon (939โ1038)
A honorific title given to a few leading rabbis of other countries in the "same period," such as:
- Achai Gaon (?-753-?)
- Nissim Gaon (990โ1062)
Specific rabbis of later periods, called "gaon":
- The Vilna Gaon (1720โ1797)
- The Rogatchover Gaon (1858โ1936)
- The Steipler Gaon (1899โ1985)
Many great rabbis, although not formally referred to as the "Gaon of ..." are often lauded with this honorific as both a mark of respect and a means to indicate their greatness in the field of Torah learning, "for example," one may refer to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef as "HaGaon Rabbi Ovadia Yosef".
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Referencesโป
- ^ Jehoshua Brand , Simha Assaf and David Derovan (2007). "Gaon". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 7 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Jewish Virtual Library โ Gaon
- ^ "ืืืื ื ืคืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืืื, ืฉืืืฃ ืขืืื ืฉืืืฃ ื ืคืืง, ืืืืื ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืกืฃ ืงืืคื ืืฆ"ื." โ Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in the Hebrew responsa book ืฉื"ืช ืืจืื"ื ืงืืคื, quoted in ืขืืื ืืืจ ืืืืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืืฉ ืชืืื ืืชืฉืก"ื (page 3).
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