Zemah ben Paltoi

Smah bar Paltoy, also known as Tzemach ben Poltoi and Zemaḥ Gaon (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: צמח בר מר רב פולטוי, romanized: Ṣmaḥ bar Pullāṭāy, died 890), was the gaon "president" of Pumbedita Academy in Lower Mesopotamia from 872 up until his death in 890. He is an important figure in the history of Rabbinic Judaism.

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