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Acronym
of Name
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Known
by Title or Acronym of Rabbinic Work
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Name
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Years (CE) or Century
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Location |
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RaSHI
|
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R. Solomon ben Isaac (Shlomo Itshaki)
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1040-1105
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France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
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RaM
|
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R. Meir ben Samuel (son-in-law of RaSHI)
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1060-1135
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France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
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RIBaN
|
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R. Judah ben Nathan (son-in-law of RaSHI)
|
11th
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France
|
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RIBA
|
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R. Isaac ben Asher HaLevi
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11th
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France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
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RIF
|
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R. Isaac ben Jacob HaKohen Alfasi
|
1013-1103
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Fez, Morocco;
Lucena, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
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"Rabbenu Tam"
|
R. Jacob ben Meir (grandson of RaSHI, son of RaM)
|
11th-12th
|
France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
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RIBaM
|
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R. Isaac ben Meir (grandson of RaSHI, son of RaM)
|
11th-12th
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France
|
|
RaShBaM
|
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R. Samuel ben Meir (grandson of RaSHI, son of RaM)
|
1085-1174
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France
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
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RA'AVaN (RABaN)
|
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R. Eliezer ben Nathan
|
1090-1170
|
Germany
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RI
|
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R. Isaac ben Samuel (nephew of RaSHBaM and RIBaM)
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12th
|
France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
| |
Yere'im
|
R. Eliezer
|
1115-1198
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Metz, Germany |
|
RA'AVaD (RABaD)
|
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R. Abraham ben David (RA'AVaD III) of Posquieres
|
ca. 1120-1198
|
Provence
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RaMBaM
|
|
R. Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides)
|
1138-1204
|
Egypt
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| RaSH
|
|
R. Samson of Sens
|
1150-1230
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France; Jerusalem |
| RaVIaH (RABIH)
|
Sefer Ha-Raviah
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R. Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi
|
12th-13th
|
Germany
|
| RaMBaN
|
|
R. Moses ben Nachman Gerondi
|
1194-1270
|
Gerona, Spain; Israel
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RaMaH
|
Yad
Rama
|
R. Meir ben Todros HaLevi Abulafia
|
1180-1244
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Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
SeMaG
(acronym of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol)
|
R. Moses of Coucy
|
13th
|
France
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| RI'AZ (RIAZ)
|
Or
Zarua
|
R. Isaac ben Moses
|
1180-1250
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Bohemia; Vienna
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RITZBA (RIZBA)
|
|
R. Isaac ben Abraham
|
d. 1210
|
France |
| MaHaRaM Rothenburg
|
|
R. Meir of Rothenburg
|
1220-1293
|
Worms, Germany
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RaSHBA
|
|
R. Solomon ben Aderet
|
1235-1310
|
Barcelona, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
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Shibbolei haLeket
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R. Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw
|
1230-1300
|
Rome, Italy
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RITVA (RITBA)
|
|
R. Yom Tov ben Abraham Asevilli (Ishbili)
|
1250-1330
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Seville, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
ROSH
|
Rabbenu Asher
|
R. Asher ben Jehiel (father of the Tur)
|
1250-1327
|
Germany; Toledo, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Tur
(Arba'ah Turim)
|
R. Jacob ben Asher (son of the ROSH)
|
ca. 1270-ca. 1343
|
Toledo, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| RaLBaG
|
|
R. Levi ben Gershon
|
1288-1344
|
France
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
| RaN
|
|
R. Nissim ben Reuven Gerondi
|
1320-1380
|
Barcelona, Spain
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RIVaSH (RIBaSH)
|
|
R. Isaac ben Sheshet Perfet
|
1326-1408
|
Barcelona, Spain; Chief
Rabbi of Algiers
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRIL
|
|
R. Jacob ben Moses Levi Moelin (Molin)
|
1365-1427
|
Germany
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
RaSHBaTZ (RaSHBAZ) or TaSHBeTZ
|
|
R. Simon ben Tzemach Duran
|
b. 1361
|
Majorca, Spain; Chief
Rabbi of Algiers
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
MaHaRI
Isserlein
|
|
R. Israel Isserlein ben Petachya Ashkenazi
|
1390-1460
|
Germany, Austria
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| RaShBaSH
|
|
R. Solomon ben Simon Duran (son of TaSHBeTZ)
|
d. 1467
|
Chief Rabbi of Algiers
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
MaHaRI
Weil
|
|
R. Jacob ben Judah Weil
|
ca. 1385-1456 |
Nürnberg, Augsburg,
Bamberg, and Erfurt Germany
Article
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRI Mintz (Minz)
|
|
R. Judah ben Eliezer HaLevi Mintz (Minz)
|
ca. 1408-1508
|
Padua, Italy
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| ReDaK (RaDaK)
|
|
R. David ben Chaim HaKohen
|
early 15th
|
Greece
Jewish
Encyclopedia |
|
|
Aggur
|
R. Jacob Baruch ben Judah Landau Ashkenazi
|
15th
|
Germany, Italy
Jewish Encyclopedia |
|
|
Ohr HaChaim
(also known as The Chassid or The Darshan)
|
R. Joseph
|
d. 1507
|
Spain; Mantua, Italy |
| MaHaRIK, RIK
|
|
R. Joseph Kolon (Colon)
|
1420-1480
|
Italy
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRI
Abuhav
|
|
R. Isaac Abuhav (Aboab)
|
1433-1493
|
Spain; Rabbi of Castile
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| RaDVaZ (RaDBaZ)
|
|
R. David ben Solomon abi ibn Zimra
|
1479-1573
|
Spain, Safed; Chief Rabbi of Egypt
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRaM Padua
|
|
R. Meir ben Isaac Katzenellenbogen
|
1482-1565
|
Ellenbogen, Germany; Padua, Italy
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Shulchan Aruch
|
R. Joseph ben Ephraim Caro (Karo)
|
1488-1575
|
Spain; Safed
Article
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Shiltei
Gibborim
|
R. Joshua Boaz ben Simon Baruch
|
d. 1557
|
Spain, Italy
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRaSHaL, MaHaRSHaL, RaSHaL
|
|
R. Solomon ben Jehiel Luria
|
1510-1573
|
Lublin, Poland
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaBIT
|
|
R. Moses ben Joseph di Trani (the Elder)
|
1505-1585
|
Salonika, Greece; Jerusalem; Rabbi of Safed
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRSHDaM, RaSHDaM
|
|
R. Samuel ben Moses di Medina
|
1505-1589
|
Salonika, Greece; Safed
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Reishis Chochma
|
R. Eliyahu ben Moses de Vidas
|
1518-1592
|
Safed, Hebron
Jewish Encyclopedia |
| MaHaRaL
of Prague
|
|
R. Judah ben Bezaleel Lowe (Löw, Löb,
Liwa)
|
d. 1609
|
Prague
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| ReMaK (RaMaK)
|
|
R. Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
|
1522-1570
|
Israel; Rabbi of Safed
Jewish
Encyclopedia |
|
|
Levush
|
R. Mordecai ben Abraham Jaffe
|
1530-1612
|
Prague, Posen
Jewish Encyclopedia |
| ReMA
|
MAPA
|
R. Moses ben Israel Isserles
|
1530-1572
|
Krakow
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
ARI
|
|
R. Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi
|
1534-1572
|
Jerusalem, Safed; founder of modern Kabbalah
Jewish Encyclopedia |
|
|
SHLaH (acronym of Shnei Luchos Ha-Bris)
|
R. Isaiah ben Abraham HaLevi Horowitz
|
1555-1630
|
Prague;
ABD Krakow, Poland & Frankfort am Main, Germany; first Chief
Ashkenazi Rabbi of Jerusalem
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRaSHA or MaHaRSHA
|
|
R. Samuel Eliezer ben Judah Levi Edels
|
1555-1631
|
Poland
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
MaHaRITaTZ
|
|
R. Yom Tov ben Moses Tzahalon (Zahalon)
|
1557-1638 |
Safed
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
MaHaRHaSH
|
|
R. Chaim Shabbethai
|
1556-1647 |
Chief Rabbi of Salonika
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
|
|
BaCH
(acronym of Bayit
Chadash)
|
R. Joel ben Samuel Sirkes (father-in-law of the TaZ)
|
1561-1640 |
Rabbi of Belz,
Brest-Litovsk, Lublin, and Krakow
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRIT
|
|
R. Joseph ben Moses Trani
|
1568-1639
|
Israel, Turkey
|
|
|
TaZ
(acronym of Turei Zahav)
|
R. David ben Samuel HaLevi
|
1586-1667
|
Krakow, Poland; Chief Rabbi of Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg)
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Ateret
Zekeinim
|
R. Menachem Mendel ben Meshullam Zalman Auerbach
|
1620-1674
|
Vienna, Krotoshin, Posen
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Halachot
Ketanot
|
R. Jacob ben Samuel Hagiz (Chagis)
|
1620-1674
|
Morocco, Spain, Constantinople
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
SHaCH (acronym of Siftei
Kohein)
|
R. Shabtai ben Meir HaKohen
|
1621-1662
|
Vilna; Germany
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Magen Abraham
|
R. Abraham Abele ben Haim HaLevi Gombiner
|
1633-1683
|
Kalisz, Poland
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Eliyahu
Rabba
|
R. Elijah ben Benjamin Wolf Shapiro (Spira)
|
1660-1712
|
Prague
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Chacham Tzvi
|
R. Tsvi Hirsch ben Jacob Ashkenazi (father
of R. Jacob Emden)
|
1658-1718
|
Moravia, Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg), Germany, Sarajevo;
Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam
Jewish Encyclopedia |
|
Ya'ABeZ, Ya'AVeTZ
|
She'eilat
Ya'avetz
|
R. Jacob Emden ben Tsvi Hirsch ben Jacob Ashkenazi
|
1698-1776
|
Altona, Amsterdam
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRaM Eisenstadt (MaHaRaM A"SH)
|
Panim Meiroth
|
R. Meir ben Isaac Eisenstadt |
ca. 1670-1744
|
Eisenstadt, Hungary
Article
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Baeir
Heiteiv
|
R. Judah Ashkenazi (Tiktin) ben Simon
Sofer Frankfurt
|
d. 1748
|
Tiktin (Tykocin), Poland
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
BeSHT (acronym of Baal Shem Tov)
|
|
R. Israel ben Eliezer
|
1698-1760
|
founder of the Chassidic Movement
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| |
Sha'agath Aryeh |
R. Aryeh Leib ben Asher (father of R. Asher Wallerstein) |
d. 1785 |
Lithuania, Pinsk, Minsk, Metz
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
GR"A or HaGRA
|
|
R. Elijah ben Solomon
Zalman (Gaon of Vilna)
|
1720-1797 |
Brest-Litovsk, Vilna
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Noda BiYehudah
|
R. Ezekiel Landau
|
1713-1793
|
Prague
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
CHIDA or HIDA
|
Shem ha-Gedolim
|
R. Haim Joseph David Azulai
|
1724-1806
|
Jerusalem; Livorno, Italy
Article
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Sha'arei
Teshuva
|
R. Haim Mordecai Margolioth (brother of Yad
Efrayim)
|
d. 1818
|
Poland
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| |
|
R. Akiva Eiger (Eger) ben Moses
Guens |
1768-1838 |
Eisenstadt, Hungary; Poznan
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Chasam
Sofer (Chatam Sofer)
|
R. Moses Sofer (Schreiber)
(son-in-law of R. Akiva Eiger)
|
1762-1840
|
Frankfurt, Germany;
Pressburg, Hungary
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Yad Efrayim
|
R. Ephraim Zalman ben Menachem Margolioth
|
1762-1828
|
Brody
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
| MaHaRSHaK
|
|
R. Solomon b. Judah Aaron Kluger
|
1783-1869
|
Galicia; Chief dayan and preacher of Brody
Jewish
Encyclopedia |
| MaLBIM
|
|
R. Meir Leibush Malbim
|
1809-1879
|
Kempen; Chief Rabbi of Bucharest, Romania
Jewish
Encyclopedia |
| |
"Ciechanower" |
R. Abraham ben Raphael
(Dobrzinsky) Landau |
1789-1875 |
ABD Ciechanow, Poland |
|
|
Chidushei
Horim
|
R. Isaac Meir Alter (grandfather of Sfas Emes)
|
1798-1866 |
Poland |
|
|
Minchat
Chinuch
|
R. Joseph ben Moses Babad
|
1801-1874
|
ABD Tarnopol; Safed |
|
|
Sho'el
U'Meishiv
|
R. Joseph Saul ben Aryey Leibush HaLevi Nathanson
|
1810-1875
|
Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg) |
| MaHaRaM
Schick
|
|
R. Moses Schick
|
19th
|
|
|
|
Pitchei
Teshuva
|
R. Jacob Tsvi Hirsch Eisenstadt
|
1813-1863
|
|
|
NeTZIV
|
|
R. Naftali Tsvi Judah Berlin
|
1817-1893
|
Mir, Warsaw; final Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Beit Halevi
|
R. Joseph Ber
Soloveitchik (Soloveichik)
|
1820-1892
|
Nieswish; Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin
Jewish Encyclopedia
|
|
|
Aruch
HaShulchann
|
R. Jehiel Michel Epstein
|
1829-1888
|
Bobroysk; Nawardok |
| |
Agudoth
Eizov |
R. Zev Nocum Bornsztajn (father of Avnei
Nezer) |
1820-1885 |
|
|
|
Ben
Ish Chai
|
R. Joseph Haim Elijah Moses
|
1835-1909
|
Baghdad
Jewish
Encyclopedia
|
| |
Avnei
Neizer |
R. Abraham Bornsztajn |
1838-1910 |
Poland |
|
|
Chofeitz
Chaim
(Chafetz Chaim)
|
R. Israel Meir HaKohen Kagan
|
1839-1933
|
Vilna, Radin |
|
|
Sfas Emes
|
R. Judah Leib Alter
|
1847-1905 |
Poland |
|
|
Har Tsvi
|
R. Tsvi Pesach Frank
|
1873-1961
|
Lithuania; Jerusalem |
|
|
Piskei
Uziel
|
R. Ben Zion Meir Chai Uziel
|
1880-1953
|
first Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel |
|
|
Tzitz
Eliezer
|
R. Eliezer Waldenberg
|
living
|
ABD Jerusalem |
|
|
Chazon
Ish
|
R. Abraham
Jeshaya Karelitz
|
1878-1953
|
Vilna; Israel |
