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Aaron ha-Cohen ( Hebrew: אהרן הכהן) was a head of the Palestinian Gaonate in the 10th century.

Details

According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah ( T-S 312.82), Aaron ha-Cohen reigned as Gaon after Abraham ben Aaron (the edge of the fragment is cut and does not allow for reconstruction of the length of his reign). [1] It is possible that he is the Aaron ha-Cohen who wrote a calligraphic invitation to a certain elder Suwayd and his son to come to a lecture on the Sabbath. [2]

This Aaron ha-Cohen should be distinguished from a different Aaron ha-Cohen who served under Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen later in the 10th century.

References

  1. ^ Gil, Moshe (1992), A history of Palestine, 634-1099, translated by Broido, Ethel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 659 (section 852), ISBN  9780521599849
  2. ^ Genizah fragment T-S 8J13.15
Jewish titles
Preceded by Gaon of Palestine
Aaron Ha-Cohen

circa 933
Succeeded by