Rishonim
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Rishonim were the leading rabbis and poskim who lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before the writing of the Shulhan Aruch and following the Geonim. Rabbinic scholars su
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Isaac Alfasi
Maimonides' statue in Córdoba
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Acharonim
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In Jewish law and history, Acharonim are the leading rabbis and poskim living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch in 1563 CE.
Rishonim
…printed code of Jewish law, 1563 CE) and following the Geonim (589–1038 CE). Rabbinic scholars subsequent to the Shulchan Aruch are generally known as Acharonim ("the latter ones"). The distinction between the Rishonim and the Geonim is meaningful historically; in halakha (Jewish law) the distinction is less…
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