List of rabbis known by acronyms

16th-century depiction of Rashi

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
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
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