Rav Yehudai Gaon
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Rav Yehudai Gaon was a leading 8th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon whose halakhic rulings and responsa significantly shaped early medieval Jewish law and practice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rav Yehudai Gaon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13243273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rav Yehudai Gaon Context triple: [Pumbedita academy, notablePerson, Rav Yehudai Gaon]
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A.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
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B.
Exilarch David ben Zakkai
Exilarch David ben Zakkai was a 10th-century leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia who headed the exilarchate and played a central role in the religious and political life of the diaspora.
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C.
Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea was a leading early Babylonian Talmudic sage renowned for his expertise in civil law and astronomy and for heading the academy in Nehardea.
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D.
Judah ha-Nasi
Judah ha-Nasi was a prominent 2nd–3rd century CE Jewish sage and patriarch best known for redacting and organizing the foundational rabbinic text of Jewish law and tradition.
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E.
Rabbah of the Ammonites
Rabbah of the Ammonites was the principal city and royal capital of the ancient Ammonite kingdom, located east of the Jordan River in the region of modern-day Amman, Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rav Yehudai Gaon Target entity description: Rav Yehudai Gaon was a leading 8th-century Babylonian Talmudic scholar and Gaon whose halakhic rulings and responsa significantly shaped early medieval Jewish law and practice.
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A.
Rabbi Nissim Gaon
Rabbi Nissim Gaon was an 11th-century North African Talmudic scholar and head of the Kairouan yeshiva, renowned for his halakhic rulings and commentaries that influenced later authorities such as Isaac Alfasi.
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B.
Exilarch David ben Zakkai
Exilarch David ben Zakkai was a 10th-century leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia who headed the exilarchate and played a central role in the religious and political life of the diaspora.
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C.
Shmuel of Nehardea
Shmuel of Nehardea was a leading early Babylonian Talmudic sage renowned for his expertise in civil law and astronomy and for heading the academy in Nehardea.
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D.
Judah ha-Nasi
Judah ha-Nasi was a prominent 2nd–3rd century CE Jewish sage and patriarch best known for redacting and organizing the foundational rabbinic text of Jewish law and tradition.
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E.
Rabbah of the Ammonites
Rabbah of the Ammonites was the principal city and royal capital of the ancient Ammonite kingdom, located east of the Jordan River in the region of modern-day Amman, Jordan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaon
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Jewish legal decisor ⓘ Talmudic scholar ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartTime | 8th century ⓘ |
| chronology | among the earlier Geonim of Sura ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ |
| era | Geonic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmud ⓘ responsa literature ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
posek
ⓘ
rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Rav ⓘ |
| inferredFrom | Geonic responsa collections ⓘ |
| influenced |
Rishonim
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early medieval Jewish law ⓘ later Geonim ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Babylonian Talmud
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linked to:
Talmud Bavli
earlier Amoraim ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Babylonian Jewish communities
ⓘ
diaspora Jewish communities seeking halakhic guidance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Babylonian rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritative halakhic rulings
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early codification of Jewish law ⓘ responsa to Jewish communities in the diaspora ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematization of practical halakha from the Talmud ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Halakhot Pesukot
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responsa ⓘ |
| partOf | Geonic leadership of Babylonian Jewry ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Gaon of Sura
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head of a Babylonian Talmudic academy ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Babylonia
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linked to:
Babylon
Sura academy ⓘ |
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