Aaron ha-Cohen (Gaon)

Aaron ha-Cohen
אהרן הכהן
Title	Gaon
Personal life
Era	10th century
Known for	Head of the Palestinian Gaonate
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Senior posting
Predecessor	Abraham ben Aaron

Aaron ha-Cohen (Hebrew: אהרן הכהן) was a head of the Palestinian Gaonate in the 10th century.

Details

According to a fragment found in the Cairo Genizah (T-S 312.82), Aaron ha-Cohen reigned as Gaon after Abraham ben Aaron (the edge of the fragment is cut and does not allow for reconstruction of the length of his reign).[1] It is possible that he is the Aaron ha-Cohen who wrote a calligraphic invitation to a certain elder Suwayd and his son to come to a lecture on the Sabbath.[2]

This Aaron ha-Cohen should be distinguished from a different Aaron ha-Cohen who served under Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen later in the 10th century.

References

1. Gil, Moshe (1992), A history of Palestine, 634-1099, translated by Broido, Ethel, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 659 (section 852), ISBN 9780521599849
2. Genizah fragment T-S 8J13.15

Jewish titles
Preceded by Abraham ben Aaron	Gaon of Palestine Aaron Ha-Cohen circa 933	Succeeded by Joseph ben Ezrun ha-Cohen