List of rabbis known by acronyms
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A number of prominent rabbis have been known by acronyms.
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! Name !! Acronym !! Dates |
| Isaac Luria
| Arizal | 1510-1573 |
| Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov)
| Besht | 1698-1760 |
| Chaim Soloveitchik
| Gra"ch | 1853-1918 |
| Saul Lieberman
| Gra"sh | 1898-1983 |
| 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 Lublin
| Maharam | 1555-1616 |
| Meir of Rothenburg
| Maharam | c. 1215-1293 |
| Meir Wahl
| Maharash | 17th century |
| 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 |
| Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen
| MaHaShiks | 1521–1597 |
| 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 |
| Joshua Falk
| RaFaC, Ma-HaRWaC or MaHaRY KTz | 1555-1614 |
| 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 |
| Samuel de Medina
| RaShDaM | 1505-1589 |
| 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 |
| Shabbatai HaKohen
| Shakh | 1621–1662 |
| David HaLevi Segal
| Taz | 1586–1667 |
See also
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- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
- Hebrew acronyms
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