List of rabbis known by acronymsA number of prominent rabbis have been known by acronyms.NameAcronymDatesIsaac LuriaArizal1510-1573Israel ben Eliezer Besht1698-1760Chaim SoloveitchikGra"ch1853-1918Saul LiebermanGra"sh1898-1983Yitzchok Zev SoloveitchikGRY"Z"1886-1959Elijah ben Solomon Zalman HaGra1720-1797Yitzhak of VolozhinHagRIts1780-1849Levi ibn HabibHaRaLBaChc.1480 - c.1545Shimon AgassiHarashba1852–1914Chaim Yosef David AzulaiHida1724-1806Moses ben Joseph di TraniMabit1500-1580Judah Loew ben BezalelMaharal1526-1607Meir LublinMaharam1555-1616Meir of RothenburgMaharamc. 1215-1293Meir WahlMaharash17th centuryḤayyim ShabbethaiMaharhash1557-1647Yaakov ben Moshe Levi MoelinMaharilc.1365-1427Joseph TaitazakMahaRITaTS16th centuryShmuel EidelsMaharsha1555 – 1631Solomon LuriaMaharshal or Rashal1534-1572Samuel Judah KatzenellenbogenMaHaShiks1521–1597Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel WeiserMalbim1809–1879Naftali Zvi Yehuda BerlinNetziv1816–1893Aharon HaLeviRa'ah1235–1290Eliezer ben Joel HaLeviRa'avyah1140–1225Abraham ibn DaudRABad 1110-1180Abraham ben Isaac of NarbonneRABad 1080-1158Abraham ben DavidRABad 1125-1198Baruch AshlagRabash1907-1991David KimhiRadak1160–1235David ben Solomon ibn Abi ZimraRadbaz1479–1573Joshua FalkRaFaC, Ma-HaRWaC or MaHaRY KTz1555-1614Levi ben Gershon Ralbag1288–1344Meir ben SamuelRam1060–1135Moshe HacohenRamach1874–1950Meir AbulafiaRamah1170-1244Moses ben Jacob CordoveroRamak1522–1570Moses S. MargoliesRamaz1851–1936Moses ben Maimon Rambam1135–1204Moses ben Nahman Ramban1194–1270Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan ha-LeviRambiMid-12th or 13th centuryMoshe Chaim LuzzattoRamchal or Ramhal1707–1746Nissim of GeronaRan1320–1376Peretz ben ElijahRapDied 1295Sholom Dovber SchneersohnRashab1860–1920Shlomo ben AderetRashba1235–1310Rabban Simeon ben GamlielRashbag10 BCE–70 CESamuel ben MeirRashbam1085–1158Samuel ben NatronaiRaSHBaTc. 1105 – 1197Simeon ben Zemah DuranRashbatzc. 1361 – 1444Samuel de MedinaRaShDaM1505-1589Simeon bar YochaiRashbi1st centuryShlomo YitzhakiRashi1040–1105Yosef Yitzchak SchneersohnRaYYatz or Rayatz1880–1950Eliezer ben SamuelRe'emc. 1115–c. 1198Elijah MizrachiRe'em1455–1525Moses IsserlesRema1520–1572Isaiah di Trani the YoungerRiaz13th centuryIsaac ben Asher ha-LeviRiba11th centuryIsaac ben Mordecai of RegensburgRibam12th centuryJudah ben NathanRiban11th–12th centuriesIsaac ben TodrosRibat11th–12th centuriesIsaac ben MelchizedekRibmaṣ1090–1160Isaiah di TraniRidc. 1180 – c. 1250Yaakov Dovid WilovskyRidvaz or Ridbaz1845–1913Isaac AlfasiRif1013–1103Yom Tov AsevilliRitva1250–1330Isaac ben MeirRivamc. 1090 – c. 1130Isaac ben Mordecai of RegensburgRivam12th centuryIsaac ben SheshetRivash1326–1408Asher ben JehielRosh1250 or 1259 – 1327Samuel David LuzzattoShadal1800–1865Shabbatai HaKohenShakh1621–1662David HaLevi SegalTaz1586–1667