# Ra'avan

Source: Halachipedia: Ra'avan

Link: [https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Ra%27avan](https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Ra%27avan)

Categories: `Klalei Haposkim`

Exported: 2025-12-30

1. Rabbi Eliezer Ben Natan was a contemporary of Rashi's grandsons, grandfather of the Ra'avyah, and ancestor of the Rosh.¹
2. "R' Eliezer" in Tosafot on Masechet Shabbat is a reference to the Ra'avan.²
3. His works include Sefer Even HaEzer, which is known as Ra'avan nowdays, as well as Even Roshah, and Tzofnat Paneach, but they weren't printed until the a couple centuries ago.³

## References

¹: Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Aleph 195, 199)

²: Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Aleph 199)

³: Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Aleph 199; Sefarim, Tzadi 26), Menachem Tzion ad loc.