Gaon

See also: gaon

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גָּאוֹן‎ (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”).

Noun

Gaon (plural Geonim or Gaons)

  1. (historical, Judaism) A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia.

Quotations
  • 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy
    The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses.
  • 1996, Roger Friedland, Richard Hecht, To Rule Jerusalem
    Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.
  • 1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine
    The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqūlī (al-ʻĀqūla, the ancient Aramaic name for Kūfa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew.

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