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Palá¹oi B. Abayi
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Gaon of Pumbedita from 842 to 858. He was the first of a series of prominent geonim at that academy, the influence of which he extended to such a degree that the exilarch was obliged to go to Pumbedita if he wished to convene a public assembly. Palá¹oi was both strict and energetic in his rule. In one of his letters he dwells on excommunication for disobedience to the Law, which he insists should be revived in practise (Responsa of the Geonim, "Sha'are áºedeḳ," p. 75, note 4). Many of his responsa, covering various branches of the Law, have been preserved in the collection "Sha'are áºedeḳ" (Salonica, 1792). He is said to have devoted himself to philosophy also, though none of his philosophical works has been preserved. A cabalistic prayer beginning "'Illat ha-'Illot" (Cause of All Causes) is erroneously ascribed to Palá¹oi by Moses Botarel in his "Yeáºirah" commentary.
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 3:64;
- Grätz. Gesch. 3d ed., 5:231;
- Kaminka, in Winter and Wünsche, Jüdische Litteratur, 2:18-19.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Palá¹oi B. Abayi'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/p/pala1oi-b-abayi.html. 1901.
