Zemah ben Paltoi

Rav Zemah ben Paltoi, also spelt Tzemach ben Poltoi, Zemaḥ Gaon, (Hebrew: צמח גאון בר מר רב פולטוי) (died 890 CE),^[1] was the Gaon of Pumbeditha from 872 up until his death in 890.

^ Sherira Gaon (1988). The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich. Jerusalem: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press - Ahavath Torah Institute Moznaim. pp. 143, 154 (note 51). OCLC 923562173.. An error in the computation of the Gaon's death befell the copyist of Sefer HaKabbalah, where his date of death was erroneously put at 4633 anno mundi (corresponding with 873 CE). The same error prompted R. Zacuto to emend his copy of Ravad's Sefer HaKabbalah.

[1] Sherira Gaon (1988). The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon. Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich. Jerusalem: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press - Ahavath Torah Institute Moznaim. pp. 143, 154 (note 51). OCLC 923562173.. An error in the computation of the Gaon's death befell the copyist of Sefer HaKabbalah, where his date of death was erroneously put at 4633 anno mundi (corresponding with 873 CE). The same error prompted R. Zacuto to emend his copy of Ravad's Sefer HaKabbalah.

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