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 Shemaryahu Gurary Rashag 1897–1989 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

Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia Hebrew acronyms