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Rabbi Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the Geonic period who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate.
Background
Saadia, in "Sefer ha-Galui", stresses his Jewish lineage, claiming to belong to the noble family of Shelah, son of Judah (see HE), and counting among his ancestors Hanina ben Dosa, the famous ascetic of the first century.
Expression was given to this claim by Saadia in calling his son Dosa (this son later served as Gaon of Sura from –). Regarding Joseph, Saadia's father, a statement of Aaron ben Meir has been preserved saying that he was compelled to leave Egypt and died in Jaffa, probably during Saadia's lengthy residence in the Holy Land.
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