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Ohel Moshe (2), Resp. by Moses Jonah Zweig.
Oholei Tam. Resp. by *Tam ibn Yaḥya Jacob b. David; printed in
the rabbinical collection Tummat Yesharim.
Oholei Ya’akov, Resp. by Jacob de *Castro.
Or ha-Me’ir Resp by Judah Meir b. Jacob Samson Shapiro.
Or Same’aḥ, Comm. to Maimonides, Yad Ḥazakah, by *Meir
Simḥah ha-Kohen of Dvinsk; printed in many editions of the
Yad Ḥazakah.
Or Zaru’a [the father] = *Isaac b. Moses of Vienna.
Or Zaru’a [the son] = *Ḥayyim (Eliezer) b. Isaac.
Or Zaru’a, Nov. by *Isaac b. Moses of Vienna.
Orah, Sefer ha-, Compilation of ritual precepts by *Rashi.
Oraḥ la-Ẓaddik, Resp. by Abraham Ḥayyim Rodrigues.
Oẓar ha-Posekim, Digest of Responsa.
Paḥad Yiẓḥak, Rabbinical encyclopaedia by Isaac *Lampronti.
Panim Me’irot, Resp. by Meir b. Isaac *Eisenstadt.
Parashat Mordekhai, Resp. by Mordecai b. Abraham Naphtali
*Banet.
Pe’at ha-Sadeh la-Dinim and Pe’at ha-Sadeh la-Kelalim, subdivisions
of the Sedei Ḥemed, an encyclopaedia of precepts and responsa,
by Ḥayyim Hezekaih *Medini.
Penei Moshe (1), Resp. by Moses *Benveniste.
Penei Moshe (2), Comm. to Jer. Talmud by Moses b. Simeon *Margolies;
printed in most editions of the Jer. Talmud.
Penei Moshe (3), Comm. on the aggadic passages of 18 treatises of
the Bab. and Jer. Talmud, by Moses b. Isaiah Katz.
Penei Yehoshu’a, Nov. by Jacob Joshua b. Ẓevi Hirsch *Falk.
Peri Ḥadash, Comm. on Sh. Ar. By Hezekiah da *Silva.
Perishah, Comm. on Tur by Joshua b. Alexander ha-Kohen *Falk;
printed in major edition of Tur; forms together with Derishah
and Be’urim (by the same author) the Beit Yisrael.
Pesakim u-Khetavim, 2nd part of the Terumat ha-Deshen by Israel
b. Pethahiah *Isserlein’ also called Piskei Maharai.
Pilpula Ḥarifta, Comm. to Piskei ha-Rosh, Seder Nezikin, by Yom
Tov Lipmann b. Nathan ha-Levi *Heller; printed in major editions
of the Talmud.
Piskei Maharai, see Terumat ha-Deshen, 2nd part; also called Pesakim
u-Khetavim.
Piskei ha-Rosh, a compilation of halakhot, arranged on the Talmud,
by *Asher b. Jehiel (Rosh); printed in major Talmud editions.
Pitḥei Teshuvah, Comm. to Sh. Ar. by Abraham Hirsch b. Jacob
*Eisenstadt; printed in major editions of the Sh. Ar.
Rabad = *Abraham b. David of Posquières (Rabad III.).
Raban = *Eliezer b. Nathan of Mainz.
Raban, also called Ẓafenat Pa’ne’aḥ or Even ha-Ezer, see under the
last name.
Rabi Abad = *Abraham b. Isaac of Narbonne.
Radad = David Dov. b. Aryeh Judah Jacob *Meisels.
Radam = Dov Berush b. Isaac Meisels.
Radbaz = *David b Solomon ibn Abi Ziumra.
Radbaz, Comm. to Maimonides, Yad Ḥazakah, by *David b. Solomon
ibn Abi Zimra.
Ralbag = *Levi b. Gershom, also called Gersonides, or Leo Hebraeus.
Ralbag, Bible comm. by *Levi b. Gershon.
Rama [da Fano] = Menaḥem Azariah *Fano.
Ramah = Meir b. Todros [ha-Levi] *Abulafia.
Ramam = *Menaham of Merseburg.
Rambam = *Maimonides; real name: Moses b. Maimon.
Ramban = *Naḥmanides; real name Moses b. Naḥman.
Ramban, Comm. to Torah by *Naḥmanides; printed in major editions.
(“Mikra’ot Gedolot”).
Ran = *Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi.
Ran of Rif, Comm. on Rif, Halakhot, by Nissim b. Reuben Gerondi.
Ranaḥ = *Elijah b. Ḥayyim.
Rash = *Samson b. Abraham of Sens.
Rash, Comm. to Mishnah, by *Samson b. Abraham of Sens; printed
in major Talmud editions.
Rashash = Samuel *Strashun.
Rashba = Solomon b. Abraham *Adret.
Rashba, Resp., see also; Sefer Teshuvot ha-Rashba ha-Meyuḥasot leha-Ramban,
by Solomon b. Abraham *Adret.
Rashbad = Samuel b. David.
Rashbam = *Samuel b. Meir.
Rashbam = Comm. on Bible and Talmud by *Samuel b. Meir; printed
in major editions of Bible and most editions of Talmud.
Rashbash = Solomon b. Simeon *Duran.
*Rashi = Solomon b. Isaac of Troyes.
Rashi, Comm. on Bible and Talmud by *Rashi; printed in almost
all Bible and Talmud editions.
Raviah = Eliezer b. Joel ha-Levi.
Redak = David *Kimḥi.
Redak, Comm. to Bible by David *Kimḥi.
Redakh = *David b. Ḥayyim ha-Kohen of Corfu.
Re’em = Elijah b. Abraham *Mizraḥi.
Rema = Moses b. Israel *Isserles.
Rema, Glosses to Sh. Ar. by Moses b. Israel *Isserles; printed in almost
all editions of the Sh. Ar. inside the text in Rashi type; also
called Mappah or Haggahot.
Remek = Moses Kimḥi.
Remakh = Moses ha-Kohen mi-Lunel.
Reshakh = *Solomon b. Abraham; also called Maharshakh.
Resp. = Responsa, She’elot u-Teshuvot.
Ri Berav = *Berab.
Ri Escapa = Joseph b. Saul *Escapa.
Ri Migash = Joseph b. Meir ha-Levi *Ibn Migash.
Riba = Isaac b. Asher ha-Levi; Riba II (Riba ha-Baḥur) = his grandson
with the same name.
Ribam = Isaac b. Mordecai (or: Isaac b. Meir).
Ribash = *Isaac b. Sheshet Perfet (or: Barfat).
Rid= *Isaiah b. Mali di Trani the Elder.
Ridbaz = Jacob David b. Ze’ev *Willowski.
Rif = Isaac b. Jacob ha-Kohen *Alfasi.
Rif, Halakhot, Compilation and abstract of the Talmud by Isaac b.
Jacob ha-Kohen *Alfasi.
Ritba = Yom Tov b. Abraham *Ishbili.
Riẓbam = Isaac b. Mordecai.
Rosh = *Asher b. Jehiel, also called Asheri.
Rosh Mashbir, Resp. by *Joseph Samuel b. Isaac, Rodi.
Sedei Ḥemed, Encyclopaedia of precepts and responsa by Ḥayyim
Ḥezekiah *Medini; subdivisions: Asefat Dinim, Kunteres ha-Kelalim,
Pe’at ha-Sadeh la-Dinim, Pe’at ha-Sadeh la-Kelalim.
Semag, Usual abbreviation of Sefer Mitzvot Gadol, elucidation of
precepts by *Moses b. Jacob of Coucy; subdivided into Lavin
(negative precepts) Asayin (positive precepts).
Semak, Usual abbreviation of Sefer Mitzvot Katan, elucidation of
precepts by *Isaac b. Joseph of Corbeil.
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