Rav Yakob 'Zakai' ben Mar Sutra II, 5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

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Rav Yakob 'Zakai' ben Mar Sutra II, 5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Dutch: Rav Yakob 'Zakai' ben Mar Sutra II, 5th Exilarch &Gaon of Tiberias, Spanish: Ben Yosef, 5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias
Also Known As: "5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias"
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Birthplace: Tiberias, Israel
Death: Ramla, Israel
Immediate Family:

Son of Mar Sutra II bar Guriya (ben Mar Guria), 4th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias; Mar Sutra II bar Guriya (ben Mar Guria), 4th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias and (No Name)
Husband of 2nd Wife of Rav Yakob and Shushannah HaYafa
Father of Shemaiyah Nasi ben Yaakov and Haninai "Magis/Majus" ben Mar Sutra II ben Mar Sutra II, 7th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Occupation: Rosh Golah of Judah, rabbi, Rosh Goah of Judah
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About Rav Yakob 'Zakai' ben Mar Sutra II, 5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias

Little is known, however we do know that Yakob is the son of Sa'adyah (Mar Sutra II). He has two (2) sons

1) Shlomo ben Zakai (Migas) and

2) Shemaiyah


מר זוטרא השלישי

About Rav Yakob 'Zakai' ben Mar Sutra II, 5th Exilarch & Gaon of Tiberias (עברית)

צאצאי מר זוטרא השלישי

בספר "סדר עולם זוטא" מסופר שמר זוטרא, לאחר עלייתו לארץ, ישב בראש ועד החכמים שבארץ ישראל, ה"סנהדרין". הוא וצאצאיו, במשך שבעה דורות, ישבו בראש ועד החכמים. שמותיהם: מר זוטרא, רב גוריא, מר זוטרא (הרביעי), רב יעקב, רב מיגס, רב נחמיה ורב אבדימי.

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