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Hai ben Nahshon
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Gaon of Sura (889-896) and president of the school of Nehardea. He was, according to a manuscript in the Vatican Library, the author of opinions on many Talmudical tractates. He protested against reciting "Kol Nidre" (Rosh, on Yoma, end; Ṭur Oraḥ Ḥayyim, 619; Kol Bo, § 68). His father, R. Nahshon, and grand-father, R. Zadok, were both geonim.
Bibliography:- Rechts-Gutachten der Geonen, ed. Cassel, p. 9;
- Fürst, in Orient, Lit. 10:261;
- Rapoport, in Bikkure ha-'Ittim, 10:37, 11:82;
- Steinschneider, Die Arabische Literatur,p. 101, note 1;
- Neubauer, M. J. C. 1:39,189;
- Lands-huth, 'Ammude ha-'Abodah, 1:62;
- Harkavy, Teshubot ha-Geonim, p. 384;
- Halévy, Dorot ha-Rishonim, 3:282;
- see also Jew. Encyc. 5:571, s. Gaon.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hai ben Nahshon'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hai-ben-nahshon.html. 1901.