Solomon ben Hasdai
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Solomon ben Hasdai was the son of Hasdai ben Hezekiah
. He was the tenth Karaite exilarch
of the house of Anan ben David
, and the last of Anan's descendants to be regarded by the Karaites as their nasi
. During his reign many Karaite communities were destroyed by the Seljuks and Karaism as a rival to rabbinical Judaism
declined sharply.
Hasdai ben Hezekiah
Hasdai ben Hezekiah was the son of Hezekiah ben Solomon and thus was the ninth Karaite exilarch of the line of Anan ben David. He lived in Iraq during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He was the father of Solomon ben Hasdai....
. He was the tenth Karaite exilarch
Exilarch
Exilarch refers to the leaders of the Diaspora Jewish community in Babylon following the deportation of King Jeconiah and his court into Babylonian exile after the first fall of Jerusalem in 597 BCE and augmented after the further deportations following the destruction...
of the house of Anan ben David
Anan ben David
Anan Ben David is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism. His followers were called Ananites and, like modern Karaites, do not believe the Rabbinic Jewish oral law to be divinely inspired...
, and the last of Anan's descendants to be regarded by the Karaites as their nasi
Nasi
Nāśī’ is a Hebrew title meaning prince in Biblical Hebrew, Prince in Mishnaic Hebrew, or president in Modern Hebrew.-Genesis and Ancient Israel:...
. During his reign many Karaite communities were destroyed by the Seljuks and Karaism as a rival to rabbinical Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
declined sharply.