- Gaon (Hebrew) - Wikipedia
Gaon (Hebrew: גאון, gā'ōn, lit 'pride', plural geonim, גְּאוֹנִים , gĕ'ōnīm) was originally a formal title for the Geonim, heads of Talmudic academies in the 6th–11th century
- Gaon - Jewish Virtual Library
In the 12 th and 13 th centuries – after the geonic period in the exact sense of the term – the title gaon was also used by the heads of academies in Baghdad, Damascus, and Egypt It eventually became an honorific title for any rabbi or anyone who had a great knowledge of Torah
- Geonim - Wikipedia
Geonim (Hebrew: גְאוֹנִים, lit 'Excellencies', [ɡe (ʔ)oˈnim]; also transliterated as Gaonim; sing Gaon, גָאוֹן, 'Excellency') were the chiefs of the Sura and Pumedita Academies, the two great Talmudic Academies in Babylonia during the Abbasid Caliphate [1]
- Saadia Gaon - Wikipedia
Saʿadia ben Yosef Gaon[a] or Said bin Yusuf al-Fayyumi (892–942) [3][4] was a prominent rabbi, gaon, Jewish philosopher, and exegete who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate
- Noel Gaon Obituary - San Diego, CA - Dignity Memorial
Noel Pulido Gaon, age 60, of San Diego, California passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Noel was born in Las Pinas, Central Luzon, Philippines A visitation for Noel will be held Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 10:30 AM at El Camino Memorial Chapel, 5600 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, CA 92121
- Gaon | Talmudic law, Rabbinic tradition, Jewish philosophy . . .
Gaon, the title accorded to the Jewish spiritual leaders and scholars who headed Talmudic academies that flourished, with lengthy interruptions, from the 7th to the 13th century in Babylonia and Palestine
- GAON - JewishEncyclopedia. com
The gaon of Sura sat at the right hand of the exilarch, while the gaon of Pumbedita sat at the left When both were present at a banquet, the former pronounced the blessing before and after the meal
- GAON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GAON is a Jewish head of one of the Babylonian academies at Sura and Pumbedita from about a d 589—1038 and usually an eminent religious scholar and judicial authority —used as a title of honor
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