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recommendations   Gaon of Sura, where he died about 859 or 864,
having held the gaonate for ten years. He succeeded Kohen Ẓedeḳ
I., and was in turn succeeded by Naṭronai b. Hilai. He left more
than 100 responsa, a great many of which are to be found in the
collection "Sha'are Ẓedeḳ" (Salonica, 1792), forty-seven in
"Teshubot Ge'onim Ḳadmonim" (Nos. 13-60, Berlin, 1848), twenty-
seven in "Sefer Sha'are Teshubah," and some in "Toratan shel
Rishonim" (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1881). His responsa show
clearly that Sar Shalom was very tolerant toward non-Jews, mild
toward his subordinates, and liberal in the enforcement of the
laws. He was consulted by chiefs of communities of distant
countries, whom, instead of commanding, as it was in his power
to do, he answered in a f