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Rabbi (or Rav) Hai Gaon (969-1038) was one of the last geonim (rabbinic authorities of the early Middle Ages). He was the head of the academy at Pumbedita, Babylonia.

He authored both a commentary on the Talmud as well as a collection of responsa, plus several other smaller works on focused topics. His father, Rav Sherira Gaon, was his teacher and predecessor as head of the academy. His students included Rabbeinu Chananel and Rav Nissim, the head of the academy at Kairouan.

External link

Hai Ben Sherira (http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=83&letter=H&search=Hai%20gaon), jewishencyclopedia.com

Categories: People stubs | Judaism-related stubs | Geonim

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Gaon - LoveToKnow 1911 (208 words)
	Their chief literary activity took the form of Answers to Questions - a form which was extensively used in later centuries.
	The most noted of the Geonim, who will be found treated under their respective names, were Mai, Amram, Semach, Saadiah, Sherira and Hai.
	Hai Gaon died in 1038, closing the period of the Geonim after an activity of four and a half centuries.

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