Gaon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Quotations 1.4 See also 1.5 External links 2 Yiddish 2.1 Noun 2.2 See also

English

Etymology

From Hebrew גאון ("grandeur", "majesty", "genius").

Noun

Gaon (plural: Geonim, Gaons)

1. Honorary title for a Jewish scholar who is noted for his wisdom and knowledge of the Talmud.
2. In modern usage, "genius".

Quotations

• 1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy [1]

  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 [2]

  Like the hasidim, he too refused the title of rabbi, adopting the ancient title of Gaon.

• 1997, Moshe Gil, A History of Palestine [3]

  The Gaon also mentions a letter he has received from Ḥasan as-ʻĀqÅ«lÄ« (al-ʻĀqÅ«la, the ancient Aramaic name for KÅ«fa) undoubtedly one of the emigrants from Iraq to Egypt whom the Gaon knew.

See also

• iluy

External links

• Wikipedia article on Gaon

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Yiddish

Noun

Gaon (plural: Geonim)

1. A Talmudic scholar.

See also

• iluy