Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 -1040? -1028?) best known as
Rabbeinu Gershom (, "Our teacher Gershom") and also commonly known to scholars of
Judaism by the title
Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah ("Our teacher Gershom the light of
the exile"), was a famous
Talmudist and
Halakhist.