HezekiahGaon or Hezekiah ben David lang he , or Hezekiah b. David was the last Gaon Hebrew Gaon of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia Talmudic academy in Pumbedita from 1038 40. Hezekiah was a member of the exilarch al family, son of David,who was son the of Zakkai,who was the son of Avraham, who was the son of Nathan, son of David a Rabbi , whose father was Hazub ref http www.angelfire.com ego et deo davidicdynasty.wps.htm ref . He was elected to the office of principal after the murder of Hai Gaon , but was denounced to a fanatical government of the Buyyids , imprisoned, and tortured to death. With him ended his family, with the exception of two sons who escaped to the Iberian Peninsula , where they found a home with Joseph ben Samuel , the son of Samuel ha Nagid . The death of Hezekiah also ended the line of the Geonim, which began four centuries before see Hanan of Iskiya , and with it the Academy of Pumbedita . The Spanish poet Hiyya al Daudi d. 1154 was descended of one of the Hezekiah s sons, named David. Bibliography Rabad, Sefer ha Kabbalah Zacuto, The book of Lineage Gans, ema Dawid, i. Gr tz, Gesch. v. 428 Jost, Gesch. der Juden und Seiner Sekten, ii. 287. References JewishEncyclopedia reflist Geonim rabbi stub Category Geonim Category 11th century rabbis Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita fr Hizkiya Gaon es Ezequ as Ga n ... more details
Gaon may refer to Gaon Hebrew , means honorable sage plural Geonim Gaon village , in Hindi or Marathi or Assamese means a village Gaon Chart , record chart in South Korea A surname Yehoram Gaon , Israeli singer disambig fr Gaon homonymie ru ... more details
Other uses Refimprove article date September 2011 Infobox monarch name Hezekiah br Hizqiyyahu ben Ahaz ... Jerusalem buried Jerusalem Kings of Judah Hezekiah IPAc en h z i k a . Hebrew name ... Bible Hebrew Testament . According to the Hebrew Bible Hebrew Testament , Hezekiah witnessed the destruction ... by Sennacherib in 701 BC. ref name Read online Hezekiah. Encyclop dia Britannica. 2009. Encyclop dia Britannica Online. 12 Nov. 2009 http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 264743 Hezekiah Read online ref Hezekiah enacted sweeping religious reforms, during which he removed the worship of foreign ... his reign. ref name Harris Glossary Etymology Hezekiah , more properly transliterated as izkiyyahu ... s Prism The main accounts of Hezekiah s reign are found in bibleverse 2 Kings 18 20 HE , bibleverse ... of King Hezekiah of Judah bibleverse Proverbs 25 1 HE . His reign is also referred to in the books of the prophets ... were made during Hezekiah s reign. Reign over Judah File Biblical Jerusalem Wall Remnants.jpg thumb left 250px Remnants of the Broad Wall Jerusalem Broad Wall of biblical Jerusalem, built during Hezekiah s days against Sennacherib s siege File Siloam81.jpg thumb 250px right Child inside Hezekiah s tunnel, 2010 According to the Hebrew Bible Hebrew Testament , Hezekiah assumed the throne when he was 25 ... have proposed that Hezekiah served as coregent with his father Ahaz for about 14 years, beginning ... to 697&ndash 642 BC. ref According to the Hebrew Bible Hebrew Testament , Hezekiah introduced religious ... of this, he centralized the worship of Yahweh at the Jerusalem Temple. Hezekiah also resumed ... in a Passover festival. bibleverse 2 Chronicles 30 5,10,13,26 HE . Hezekiah is portrayed by the Hebrew ... him, or among those who were before him bibleverse 2 Kings 18 5 HE . Family and Life Hezekiah was born ... of his son Sennacherib , Hezekiah sought to throw off his subservience to the Assyria n ... nb Isaiah 36 6 9 HE . If Hezekiah expected the Egyptians to come to his aid, they did not come, and Hezekiah ... more details
Hezekiah was a king of Judah. Hezekiah may also refer to Hezekiah Khazar , a 9th century Khazar ruler Hezekiah rapper , American rapper who toured with IMAKEMADBEATS People with the name HezekiahGaon , last Gaon of the Yeshiva of Pumbedita 1038 1040 Hezekiah Niles , 19th century American newspaperman Chaim Hezekiah Medini , a rabbi who worked among the Krymchaks Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman , 19th century American actor Hezekiah Bradley Smith , American politician and bigamist Hezekiah Ochuka , ruler of Kenya for six hours in 1982 Disambiguation given name ... more details
Cleanup date August 2011 Gaon originally referred in Ancient Hebrew to arrogance and haughty pride Amos 6 8 . Later became known as pride in general whether good or bad Pride of Late medieval and modern Hebrew for genius . Today it may refer to One of the Geonim , that is to say the heads of the two major academies, at Pumbedita and Sura city Sura , and later in Baghdad, during the period 589 1040. Prominent Geonim are Sar Shalom Natronai II , Gaon of Sura Gaon to 857 Amram Gaon , Gaon of Sura Gaon 857 875 Hai Gaon Saadia Gaon Sherira Gaon Yehudai Gaon Samuel ben Hofni Geonim An honorific title given to a few leading rabbis of other countries in the same period, such as Nissim Ben Jacob Nissim Gaon Specific rabbi s of later periods, called gaon wise The Vilna Gaon The Rogatchover Gaon The Lisser Gaon , Rabbi Jacob of Lissa The Steipler Gaon Many great Rabbis, Who date August 2011 although not formally referred to as the Gaon of ... , are nonetheless sometimes lauded with this honorific as a mark of respect, and as a means to indicate greatness. See also Genius disambiguation SIA Category Hebrew language Category Orthodox rabbinic roles and titles ... more details
Hezekiah Holland may refer to Hezekiah Holland minister , 17th century English clergyman Hezekiah Russel Holland born 1936 , United States federal judge hndisambig ... more details
Infobox settlement name Gosain Gaon native name Hindi timezone Indian Standard Time IST UTC 5 30 subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name India subdivision type1 State subdivision name1 Bihar subdivision type2 District subdivision name2 Bhagalpur subdivision type3 Official languages subdivision name3 Hindi , Maithili language Maithili , Angika , English language English website http facebook.com pages GosainGaon Naugachia Gosain Gaon is a village in Bhagalpur , Bihar , India . External links http maps.google.co.in maps?f q&source s q&hl en&geocode &q Gosain gaon, Gosaingaon Rd, GOSAIN GAON PANCHAYAT, Bihar&sll 25.923054,86.524916&sspn 0.082444,0.110378&ie UTF8&hq Gosain gaon,&hnear Gosaingaon Rd, GOSAIN GAON PANCHAYAT, Bihar&ll 25.372374,87.104931&spn 0.019737,0.043945&t h&z 15 Map in Google Maps India stub coord missing Bihar Category Villages in Bhagalpur district hi , ... more details
See Wikipedia WikiProject Indian cities for details Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name Mehara Gaon type city latd longd state name Madhya Pradesh district Hoshangabad district Hoshangabad leader title leader name altitude population as of 2001 population total 4306 population density area magnitude sq. km area total area telephone postal code vehicle code range sex ratio unlocode website footnotes Mehara Gaon is a census town in Hoshangabad district in the India n States and territories of India state of Madhya Pradesh . Demographics As of 2001 India census ref GR India ref , Mehara Gaon had a population of 4306. Males constitute 52 of the population and females 48 . Mehara Gaon has an average literacy rate of 75 , higher than the national average of 59.5 male literacy is 82 , and female literacy is 67 . In Mehara Gaon, 12 of the population is under 6 years of age. References Reflist Narmadapuram Division coord 22.6239 N 77.7374 E source kolossus itwiki display title Category Cities and towns in Hoshangabad district Category Hoshangabad MadhyaPradesh geo stub bn bpy it Mehara Gaon new pt Mehara Gaon vi Mehara Gaon ... more details
See Wikipedia WikiProject Indian cities for details Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name Naubaisa Gaon type city latd longd state name Assam district Jorhat district Jorhat leader title leader name altitude population as of 2001 population total 5042 population density area magnitude sq. km area total area telephone postal code vehicle code range sex ratio unlocode website footnotes Naubaisa Gaon is a census town in Jorhat district in the India n States and territories of India state of Assam . Demographics As of 2001 India census , ref GR India ref Naubaisa Gaon had a population of 5042. Males constitute 51 of the population and females 49 . Naubaisa Gaon has an average literacy rate of 81 , higher than the national average of 59.5 male literacy is 88 , and female literacy is 74 . In Naubaisa Gaon, 8 of the population is under 6 years of age. References Reflist coord missing Assam Category Cities and towns in Jorhat district Category Jorhat Assam geo stub bpy it Naubaisa Gaon new pt Naubaisa Gaon vi Naubaisa Gaon ... more details
See Wikipedia WikiProject Indian cities for details Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name Senchoa Gaon type city latd longd state name Assam district Jorhat district Jorhat leader title leader name altitude population as of 2001 population total 7366 population density area magnitude sq. km area total area telephone postal code vehicle code range sex ratio unlocode website footnotes Senchoa Gaon is a census town in Jorhat district in the India n States and territories of India state of Assam . Demographics As of 2001 India census , ref GR India ref Senchoa Gaon had a population of 7366. Males constitute 54 of the population and females 46 . Senchoa Gaon has an average literacy rate of 82 , higher than the national average of 59.5 male literacy is 82 , and female literacy is 81 . In Senchoa Gaon, 10 of the population is under 6 years of age. References Reflist coord 26 43 56.46 N 94 11 10.55 E display title Category Cities and towns in Jorhat district Category Jorhat Assam geo stub bpy it Senchoa Gaon pt Senchoa Gaon vi Senchoa Gaon ... more details
The Gaon Chart is a national record chart of South Korea . It is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism , with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon Oricon charts . It started tracking sales since the beginning of 2010. ref cite web url http www.koreatimes.co.kr www news art 2010 06 201 61266.html title Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon author Han, Sang hee date 23 February 2010 accessdate 2010 11 24 work The Korea Times publisher The Korea Times ref It was officially launched in February 2010 with a launching ceremony held on 23 February 2010 at The Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. The launch also included a small awarding ceremony, which awarded girl group Girls Generation with top artist of January and boy band Super Junior with best album of 2009. ref cite news last Seung hun first Kang title Korea launches integrated K pop music chart Gaon url http www.asiae.co.kr news view.htm?idxno 2010022314434694598 ... name gaon cite web url http www.hani.co.kr arti culture music 406292.html title trans title Popular music chart Gaon Chart launched language Korean author Seo, Jung min date February ... 17 ref Format There are two primary charts Gaon Album Chart and Gaon Single Chart . The charts lists ... and year end format. The Gaon Album Chart ranks physical album sales, including mini albums. It is complied ... Music Korea , and Warner Music Group Warner Music Korea . The Gaon Single Chart ranks best selling non ... providers Bugs, Dosirak, Melon, Mnet and Soribada. Awards Gaon Chart Awards References Reflist External links http www.gaonchart.co.kr Gaon Chart official homepage ko icon Gaon Record charts Category ... de Gaon Chart es Gaon Chart fr Gaon Chart ko it Gaon Chart hu Kaon ms Carta Gaon ja pl Gaon Chart pt Gaon Music Chart ru Gaon Chart vi Gaon Chart ... more details
See Wikipedia WikiProject Indian cities for details Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name Bahbari Gaon type city latd longd state name Assam district Tinsukia district Tinsukia leader title leader name altitude population as of 2001 population total 6159 population density area magnitude sq. km area total area telephone postal code vehicle code range sex ratio unlocode website footnotes Bahbari Gaon is a census town in Tinsukia district in the state of Assam , India . Demographics As of 2001 India census , ref GR India ref Bahbari Gaon had a population of 6159. Males constitute 54 of the population and females 46 . Bahbari Gaon has an average literacy rate of 79 , higher than the national average of 59.5 with 56 of the males and 44 of females literate. 9 of the population is under 6 years of age. References Reflist coord missing Assam Category Cities and towns in Tinsukia district Category Tinsukia Assam geo stub bpy it Bahbari Gaon new pt Bahbari Gaon vi Bahbari Gaon ... more details
Bara Gaon. The Kaushik Rajputs of Chit Bara Gaon Claims their Origin with Him. It is also should be mentioned that KARON an village of Chit Bara Gaon is the Place where the famous SHIV TEMPLE is worshiped ... district Ballia geo stub bpy it Chitbara Gaon new pl Chitbara Gaon pt Chitbara Gaon vi Chitbara Gaon ... more details
Vilna Gaon image Vilna Gaon authentic portrait.JPG image size 210px caption birth date Birth date ... he has been given the surname Kremer. However neither the Vilna Gaon nor his descendants apparently ... ref lang he known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew ... to in Hebrew as ha Gaon ha Chasid mi Vilna , the saintly Gaon Hebrew genius from Vilnius. ref The Threefold ... in Vilnius , capital city of Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the Gaon displayed extraordinary talent ... became influential in his native town, the Vilna Gaon joined the rabbis and heads of the Polish ... of Torah is equal to all of the mitzvos , the Gaon encouraged his chief pupil, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin ... at Volozhin in 1803, some years after the Gaon s death, and revolutionised Torah study , with resulting ... by then acquired considerable renown. Methods of study The Gaon applied to the Talmud and rabbinic literature ..., maintaining that Judaism could only gain by studying them. The Gaon was also attracted to the study ... to halakhah and the Ashkenazic minhag . The Vilna Gaon was modest he declined to accept the office ... to a few chosen pupils. In 1755, when the Gaon was thirty five, Rabbi Jonathan Eybesch tz , then sixty ... were a subject of discord between himself and Rabbi Jacob Emden . The Vilna Gaon, in a letter to Eybesch tz ... Gaon V.jpg thumb 229px right Vilna Gaon Zalkind, Ber When Hasidic Judaism became influential in his native town, the Vilna Gaon, joining the rabbis and heads of the Polish communities, took steps to check ... the Ba al Ha tanya , the Gaon excommunicated them again, declaring them to be heretics with whom no pious Jew might intermarry. After this, the Gaon went into retirement again, and the Hasidim seized ... them. The Gaon then sent two of his pupils 1796 with letters to all the communities of Poland ... Except for the conflict with the Hasidim, the Vilna Gaon almost never took part in public affairs ... of the Vilna Gaon. Asceticism Image Vilna Gaon portrait.gif right framed Elijah Ben Solomon ... more details
multiple issues orphan August 2010 unreferenced August 2010 Town telia gaon is a village situated at the bank of tributary Kolong in Nagaon district of Assam , India . It is about a half kilometer away from the district headquarters of Nagaon . Majority of the villagers follow Hinduism , and practise farming. coord missing Assam Category Villages in Nagaon district ... more details
Infobox musical artist image Zochrimyehoramgaon.jpg caption name Yehoram Gaon image size 200px background ... associated acts website current members past members notable instruments Yehoram Gaon Hebrew informally, Yoram Gaon born December 28, 1939 is a Jewish Israel i singer, actor, director, producer .... ref name PP http www.yehoramgaon official.com biography.htm Yehoram Gaon Personal Profile. ref The son ... life Early life Gaon was born in the Beit HaKerem, Jerusalem Beit Hakerem section of Jerusalem in 1939. ref name PP His father, Moshe David Gaon, a well known historian, was born in Sarajevo in 1889 ... Kraft, Dina, Benjamin Gaon, who aided Arab Israel trade, dies at 73, The New York Times, May 15, 2008 ... Biographies Gaon Yehoram.htm Jewish Agency bio page. ref Family Gaon has two children from his former ... Gaon Benjamin Benny Gaon , who died in 2008 at the age of 73. ref name obit Professional career Singer After performing in the Nahal Nahal Brigade entertainment troupe during his army time, Gaon ... News news.aspx 135251 Julian, Hana Levi, Yehoram Gaon marks 50 years in show biz with new kids ... date June 13, 1999 author Ury Eppstein, Michael Ajzenstadt accessdate July 31, 2011 ref Gaon s growing ... in Oslo , in 1994. ref name PP In 2009, Gaon recorded the song Shir Ha avoda Vehamlacha for the organization ... http www.pioneersforacure.org Pioneers for a cure. ref Actor Gaon appeared with the Israel Cameri Theatre ... Gaon Official Site. ref He left Israel in the early 1960s to study acting at the famous Herbert Berghof ... name history Gaon later reprised his role in the 1974 film version. ref name IMDB http www.imdb.com ... called Shishi BeGaon Friday with Gaon on Israeli Channel One. The show was extremely popular, with a successful ... 2. Since 1997, he has been hosting a radio show on Reshet Bet called as Gaon on the radio ..., TV and radio show information. ref Gaon moderated the Israel Broadcasting Authority documentary series ... IINS IINS News Service, Israel, Yehoram Gaon Resigns from IBA s Tekumah Series, March 12, 1998. ref ... more details
Tigra is a mid sized village located in the district of Gurgaon in the state of Haryana in India . It has a population of about 2060 persons living in around 288 households. ref http www.geolysis.com place info.php?p 515005961&k 742921731 ref Tigra gaon is dominated by Tanwar Gujjar s. Near by sectors are 50, 57 A and Dlf Phase III.Anant Ram Tanwar of INLD party is also from Tigra gaon. See also Yaduvanshi Ahirs Gujjar s Tanwar s Gurgaon Haryana References Reflist coord 24 53 N 79 23 E display title region IN type city source GNS enwiki Category Villages in Gurgaon district ... more details
primarysources date August 2008 Simon Gaon born 1943 is an United States American Painting painter , Expressionist , and action painter . He is best known for his intense, tempestuous, action oriented paintings of the cityscape. He was also a co founder of the Street Painters , a group of eight New York artists who painted directly from the city life they observed on the streets of America s largest city. Early life and education Born in 1943 in Manhattan , Gaon at an early age displayed creative talents. By age 14 he began painting while attending the Roosevelt School Connecticut Roosevelt School in Stamford, Connecticut . A key influence on him was painter Arthur Bressler 1927 1975 who was Gaon s teacher and mentor. Gaon graduated from the High School of Art and Design in New York City . In 1962, Gaon won the art studio award scholarship from the Art Students League of New York Art Students League which allowed him to study art on the European continent. In 1964,he studied in Academia 63 in Haarlem , Holland , and furthered his European education with the Art Students League Merit Scholarship 1965 and the Edward G. Mcdowell traveling scholarship He later stayed more than ten years ... his work. Gaon s philosophy and style In his work, Gaon is influenced more by his temperament than ... art include the night, the stormy sea, and the frenetic, carnival like, neon lit city. Art Gaon ... to the point of explosion. Gaon s chaotic Time Square, helps him, as an artist, express the contradictory life forces that live within him. Gaon also focuses on those who live on the urban periphery, the street ... links http www.findlay.com pages Gaon.htm Peter Findlay Gallery http www.spanierman.com Gaon, Simon album Spanierman Gallery http www.galerierose.com katalog Katalog Gaon web.pdf http www.nabiarts.com 06 gaon06.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gaon, Simon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gaon, Simon ... more details
Rav Sherira Gaon Hebrew or R. Sherira ben anina Gaon , Hebrew or merely Sherira b. anina ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 617&letter S SHERIRA B. ANINA , jewishencyclopedia.com Article ref was the head gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha Academy of Pumbeditha . He was one of the most prominent Geonim of his period, and the father of Hai Gaon , who succeeded him as gaon. Sherira was born in 906 and died in 1006. Rabinowich ref name Rabinowich Trans. Nosson Dovid Rabinowich,The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon Jerusalem Moznaim, 1988 ASIN B003MBRQGK ref p. xx see also Abraham ibn Daud ref name Daud Abraham ibn Daud, Sefer ha abbalah, in Adolf Neubauer , Medieval Jewish Chronicles Oxford, 1887 ISBN 1145093353. ref i. 66 67 . He wrote the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon The Epistle of Rav Sherira Gaon , a comprehensive history of the composition of the Talmud . The Iggeret was an answer to an enquiry from Kairouan about the authorship and composition ... the gaonate. His father was Hananiah ben R. Yehudai , also a gaon. Sherira claimed descent from Rabbah ... thereto, preferring instead the scholar s life Letter of Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, l.c. i. 23, 33 ... to recognize the election of Nehemiah ben Kohen Tzedek as gaon in 960. On Nehemiah s death in 968, Sherira was elected gaon of the Academy of Pumbedita, soon after which he appointed his son, Hai Gaon Hai , chief judge in his place Sherira, l.c. i. 41 . In 997, he and his son were maliciously denounced ..., 1845 and under the title Iggeret Rab Sherira Gaon Mayence, 1873 also by J. Wallerstein, under the title ... Jewish Encyclopedia entry on Sherira Gaon. David J. E, As it was Written in the Book of Adam The Chronology ... Rav Sherira Gaon , Da at Encyclopedia he icon http www.chabad.org library article cdo aid 112507 jewish Rav Sherira Gaon.htm Chabad.org Rav Sherira Gaon See also Geonim Geonim Category Geonim Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita de Scherira Gaon fr Sherira Gaon he ... more details
Infobox person image name Nessim David Gaon imagesize caption birth date 1922 birth place Khartoum , Sudan death date death place occupation financier commodities trader salary networth spouse children website footnotes Nessim Gaon lang ar , pronounced NEE SEEM GAH OHN born 1922, in Khartoum , Sudan is a Switzerland Swiss financier who created the Noga company. Outside the business world, he has been very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the http www.jafi.org.il wsf intro.htm World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He has also been a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel . Personal life Born in the Sudan to Turkish Jews from Egypt. Jewish life Aside from all the posts Gaon has held in world Jewish organizations, he is also a founder, builder and member of Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva. ref cite news first Amiram last Bareket authorlink author coauthors title url http www.haaretz.co.il hasite pages ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo 863093&contrassID 2&subContrassID 21&sbSubContrassID 0 format work publisher Ha aretz id pages page date 2007 05 25 accessdate 2007 05 27 language Hebrew quote ref Footnotes reflist 2 References cite book last Malka first Eli authorlink Eli Malka coauthors editor others title Jacob s Children in the Land of the Mahdi Jews of the Sudan origdate origyear 1997 origmonth April url format accessdate edition series date year month publisher Syracuse University Press location language isbn 978 0815681229 oclc doi id pages chapter chapterurl quote External links http www.bh.org.il Names POW Gaon.asp Nessim Gaon ... Gaon, Nessim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1922 PLACE OF BIRTH Khartoum , Sudan DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gaon, Nessim Category 1922 births Category Living people ... bio stub ar fr Nessim Gaon ru , ... more details
Solomon Gaon 1912 1994 was Sephardic Rabbi and Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the British Commonwealth. Biography Solomon Gaon was born in Travnik , Yugoslavia in 1912 and studied at the yeshiva in Sarajevo . Both his parents died in the Holocaust . He received his rabbinic ordination from Jews College in London . In 1949 he became Haham Chief Rabbi of the Bevis Marks Synagogue Sephardic congregations of the British Commonwealth. With Alan Mocatta , he is credited with revivifying a declining community. Beginning in 1963 he became involved initially on a part time basis with Yeshiva University in New York, and was integral in the founding of its Sephardic Studies Program. Dr Gaon s overseas activities were controversial with some members of his London congregation, and he left under difficult circumstances. A 1977 ballot on his retirement as spiritual leader drew 75 75 and was only carried by the deciding vote of the president of the Mahamad council . ref Jewish Chronicle, 22 December 2011. http www.thejc.com news uk news 60848 sephardim hold crisis talks over rabbi election ref His departure deepened the rift within the community. No successor was elected until 2011, in another controversial vote. After moving to New York, he was also connected with the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel . In 1968 Dr Gaon delivered the main address at the dedication of the first synagogue consecrated in Spain since the Expulsion of the Jews in 1492. He became a professor at Yeshiva University in 1976, and founded and directed the Jacob E. Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies. He served as president of the Union of Sephardic Congregations of the United States ... articles and sermons, Gaon authored Prayer Book for Boys and Girls , 1969 Haggadah or Order of Services ... references Haham Gaon Memorial Volume Ed. Marc Angel, Hermon Press, 1994. Category Spanish and Portuguese Jews Gaon, Solomon ... more details
Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type village native name PAGENAME other name district Baghpat state name Uttar Pradesh nearest city Khekada parliament const assembly const civic agency skyline skyline caption latd latm lats longd longm longs locator position right area total area magnitude altitude population total population as of population density sex ratio literacy area telephone postal code 250101 vehicle code range climate website Image Idol of Lord Parshvanath at Bada Gaon, Baghpat, Uttar Pradeh, India.jpg thumb Idol of Lord Parshvanath at Bada Gaon, Khekada , Baghpat , Uttar Pradesh , India Bada Gaon , is a village near Khekada , a town in the district of Baghpat , Uttar Pradesh . It is famous for a temple that houses an idol of Parshva Lord Parshvanath , the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism . The idol was recovered from a local well, and the water of the well is reputed to have curative powers. Its proximity to Delhi , has made it a prominent religious site. It is roughly 9 km from the Delhi Saharanpur highway. A new temple called Siddhant Kshetra is also coming up near the old temple. coord missing Uttar Pradesh Category Villages in Bagpat district Bagpat geo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 ref improve date February 2012 Infobox Indian Jurisdiction type village native name Gundiyat gaon other name district Uttarkashi state name Uttarakhand nearest city parliament const assembly const civic agency skyline skyline caption latd latm lats 30 56 4 N longd longm longs 78 7 26 E locator position right area total area magnitude altitude 1450 population total 1500 approx. population as of population density sex ratio literacy area telephone postal code 249185 vehicle code range climate website Gundiyat Gaon is a village located in the Rawain valley, in the foothills of the Himalaya , Uttaranchal , India. The village is about convert 120 km mi from Dehradun , capital of Uttaranchal and is at an altitude of convert 1450 m ft . Gundiyat Gaon is the largest of the valley villages. Image Kapil.jpg 200px thumb right Village Temple in the middle of the village There is a local deity temple in the middle of village. The temple has the idol of Kapil Muni Maharaj, Khandasuri Dev and Kali Mayya. The architecture of temple is an example of fine art of ancient time. ref http uttarkashi.nic.in aboutDistt Temple.htm Temples in Uttarkashi Bot generated title ref The walls of the temple is made of large rectangular blocks of fine and rare stone. Each block has engravings on it, showing drawings of gods and various designs. There is also temple of Lord Shiva , Kamleshwar, nearby the village. The temple has an ancient linga of Lord Shiva. People from far places come to visit the place in large number. coord missing Uttarakhand References references DEFAULTSORT Gundiyat Gaon Category Villages in Uttarkashi district ... more details
The Assamese language Assamese word Gaon is used to define an area in Assam which is similar in meaning with the English word Village . Names of Assamese gaons i.e. Assamese villages usually ends with the following suffix term Gaon e.g. Amingaon Amin Gao Pur e.g. Madhupur Madhu Pur also Dispur , current capital of Assam Supa e.g. Chinadi supa chinadi supa Bari e.g. Jalukbari Jaluk Bari Hat e.g. Jamugurihat Jamuguri Hat Hati e.g. Guwahati Guwa Hati Tola e.g. Beltola Bel Tola Bazar e.g. Panbazar Pan Bazar Kata e.g. Salakata Sala Kata Guri e.g. Jamuguri Jamu Guri Gaonburha is the term used to define the head of the village. The term Burha indicates Old age old man in Assamese language Assamese . External links http www.xobdo.net Online Assamese Dictionary coord missing Assam Category Villages in Assam Category Types of country subdivisions Category Rural geography Category Human habitats Assam geo stub ... more details
Eras of the Halakha Yehudai ben Nahman or Yehudai Gaon Hebrew , sometimes Yehudai b. Nahman was the head of the yeshiva in Sura city Sura from 757 to 761 , during the Geonim Gaonic period of Judaism . He was originally a member of the academy of Pumbedita , but the exilarch Solomon ben Hisdai appointed him as Gaon of Sura as there is no one there at Sura as distinguished as he is for wisdom . ref Letter of Sherira Gaon . ref He waged a strong campaign, continued by his disciple Pirkoi ben Bavoi , for the acceptance of the Babylonian Talmud as the standard for Jewish law in all countries. This was opposed by the Jews of Eretz Yisrael , who relied on the Jerusalem Talmud and their own older traditions. Yehudai argued that, as a result of Byzantine Empire Byzantine persecution, the Jews of Eretz Yisrael had only preserved Jewish tradition in a fragmentary and unreliable form. ref See Iggeret Pirkoi ben Bavoi , Louis Ginzberg Ginzberg , Geonica pp. 48 53 idem, Ginze Schechter , pp. 544 573 Lewin, Tarbiz vol. 2 pp. 383 405 Mann, R.E.J. vol. 20 pp. 113 148. It is reprinted in Toratan shel Geonim . ref Works He was author of the book Halachot Pesukot , which discusses those halachah halachot that were practiced in the Diaspora since the destruction of the Second Temple . The text, which is generally organized along the same pattern as the tractates of the Babylonian Talmud , was the subject of many abridgements and summaries. The original was lost for many years, and was only known in the form of a Hebrew paraphrase called Hilchot Re u published http hebrewbooks.org 31931 Versailles 1886 , until it was discovered in a Yemenite manuscript and published in http hebrewbooks.org ... . NAME Gaon, Yehudai ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nahman, Yehudai ben SHORT DESCRIPTION 8th century rabbi DATE ... rabbis Category Rabbis of Academy of Sura Category Year of death unknown rabbi stub de Jehudai Gaon fr Yehouda Gaon he ... more details
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