Rav Shinwai

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Rav Shinwai also spelt Shinui (Hebrew: רב שינוי) was the Gaon of Pumbedita for one year in 782. He is known for answering several important Rabbinic questions throughout the Arabic Jewish world, which have been recorded in a Teshuvot Hagaonim.