List of rabbis known by acronyms
A number of prominent rabbis have been known by acronyms.
Name | Acronym | Dates |
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Isaac Luria | Arizal | 1510-1573 |
Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov) | Besht | 1698-1760 |
Chaim Soloveitchik | Gra"ch | 1853-1918 |
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik | GRY"Z" | 1886-1959 |
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (Vilna Gaon) | HaGra | 1720-1797 |
Yitzhak of Volozhin | HagRIts | 1780-1849 |
Levi ibn Habib | HaRaLBaCh | c.1480 - c.1545 |
Shimon Agassi | Harashba | 1852–1914 |
Chaim Yosef David Azulai | Hida | 1724-1806 |
Moses ben Joseph di Trani | Mabit | 1500-1580 |
Judah Loew ben Bezalel | Maharal | 1526-1607 |
Meir of Rothenburg | Maharam | c. 1215-1293 |
Ḥayyim Shabbethai | Maharhash | 1557-1647 |
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin | Maharil | c.1365-1427 |
Joseph Taitazak | MahaRITaTS | 16th century |
Shmuel Eidels | Maharsha | 1555 – 1631 |
Solomon Luria | Maharshal or Rashal | 1534-1572 |
Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser | Malbim | 1809–1879 |
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin | Netziv | 1816-1893 |
Aharon HaLevi | Ra'ah | 1235–1290 |
Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi | Ra'avyah | 1140–1225 |
Abraham ibn Daud | RABad (I) | 1110-1180 |
Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne | RABad (II) | 1080-1158 |
Abraham ben David | RABad (III) | 1125-1198 |
Baruch Ashlag | Rabash | 1907-1991 |
David Kimhi | Radak | 1160–1235 |
David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra | Radbaz | 1479–1573 |
Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides) | Ralbag | 1288–1344 |
Meir ben Samuel | Ram | 1060–1135 |
Moshe Hacohen | Ramach | 1874–1950 |
Meir Abulafia | Ramah | 1170-1244 |
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero | Ramak | 1522–1570 |
Moses S. Margolies | Ramaz | 1851–1936 |
Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides) | Rambam | 1135–1204 |
Moses ben Nahman (Nahmanides) | Ramban | 1194–1270 |
Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan ha-Levi | Rambi | Mid-12th or 13th century |
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto | Ramchal or Ramhal | 1707–1746 |
Nissim of Gerona | Ran | 1320–1376 |
Peretz ben Elijah | Rap | Died 1295 |
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn | Rashab | 1860–1920 |
Shlomo ben Aderet | Rashba | 1235–1310 |
Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel | Rashbag | 10 BCE–70 CE |
Samuel ben Meir | Rashbam | 1085–1158 |
Samuel ben Natronai | RaSHBaT | c. 1105 – 1197 |
Simeon ben Zemah Duran | Rashbatz | c. 1361 – 1444 |
Simeon bar Yochai | Rashbi | 1st century |
Shlomo Yitzhaki | Rashi | 1040–1105 |
Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn | RaYYatz or Rayatz | 1880–1950 |
Eliezer ben Samuel | Re'em | c. 1115–c. 1198 |
Elijah Mizrachi | Re'em | 1455–1525 |
Moses Isserles | Rema | 1520–1572 |
Isaiah di Trani the Younger | Riaz | 13th century |
Isaac ben Asher ha-Levi | Riba | 11th century |
Isaac ben Mordecai of Regensburg | Ribam | 12th century |
Judah ben Nathan | Riban | 11th–12th centuries |
Isaac ben Todros | Ribat | 11th–12th centuries |
Isaac ben Melchizedek | Ribmaṣ | 1090–1160 |
Isaiah di Trani | Rid | c. 1180 – c. 1250 |
Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky | Ridvaz or Ridbaz | 1845–1913 |
Isaac Alfasi | Rif | 1013–1103 |
Yom Tov Asevilli | Ritva | 1250–1330 |
Isaac ben Meir | Rivam | c. 1090 – c. 1130 |
Isaac ben Mordecai of Regensburg | Rivam | 12th century |
Isaac ben Sheshet | Rivash | 1326–1408 |
Asher ben Jehiel | Rosh | 1250 or 1259 – 1327 |
Samuel David Luzzatto | Shadal | 1800–1865 |
![](../I/Rashi_woodcut.jpg.webp)
16th-century depiction of Rashi
See also
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
- Hebrew acronyms
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