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HAI (939-1038)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 819 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAI (939-1038) , Jewish Talmudical See also:scholar, was See also:born in 939. He was educated by his See also:father Sherira, See also:gaon of Pombeditha (Pumbedita), whom he afterwards assisted in his See also:work. They were See also:cast into See also:prison for a See also:short See also:time by the See also:caliph Qadir, and subsequently on Sherira's See also:death Hai was appointed gaon in his See also:place (998). This See also:office he held till his death on the 28th of See also:March 1038. He is famous chiefly for his answers to problems of See also:ritual and See also:civil See also:law. He composed important See also:treatises on Talmudic law and the Mishnah; many poems are also attributed to him on doubtful authority. In his responsa he laid stress on See also:custom and tradition provided no infringement of the law were involved, and was essentially conservative in See also:theology. He had considerable knowledge not only of religious movements within the Jewish See also:body, but also of See also:Mahommedan theology and controversial method, and frequently consulted theologians of other beliefs. See See also:Steinschneider, Hebr. Ubersetz. p. 910, and See also:article in Jewish Encyclopedia, vi. 153.

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