List of rabbis known by acronyms
A number of prominent rabbis have been known by acronyms.
| 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