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HAI (939-1038)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 819 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GUI-HAN
HAI (939-1038) , Jewish Talmudical scholar, was born in 939. He was educated by his father Sherira,
gaon
  of Pombeditha (Pumbedita), whom he afterwards assisted in his
work
 . They were cast into prison for a short time by the
caliph
  Qadir, and subsequently on Sherira's death Hai was appointed
gaon
  in his place (998). This
office
  he held till his death on the 28th of
March
  1038. He is famous chiefly for his answers to problems of
ritual
  and civil law. He composed important
treatises
  on Talmudic law and the Mishnah; many poems are also attributed to him on doubtful authority. In his responsa he laid stress on custom and tradition provided no infringement of the law were involved, and was essentially conservative in theology. He had considerable knowledge not only of religious movements within the Jewish
body
 , but also of
Mahommedan
  theology and controversial method, and frequently consulted theologians of other beliefs.
See Steinschneider, Hebr. Ubersetz. p. 910, and article in Jewish Encyclopedia, vi. 153.


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