The Rashba (Rabbi Shlomo ibn Aderet)

ר' שלמה בן אדרת (הרשב"א)

Rabbi of Barcelona and halakhic decisor · 1235–1310

Sephardi · EstablishedChristian Iberia

For half a century the rabbi of Barcelona, answering questions from communities across Europe and North Africa. Thousands of his responsa survive, and his Talmudic novellae remain standard study in yeshivot today.

The medieval Main Synagogue of Barcelona, traditionally linked with the Rashba
The medieval Main Synagogue of Barcelona, traditionally linked with the Rashba. José Luis Filpo Cabana, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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