Rishon
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editRishon (plural Rishonim)
- (historical) A rabbi in the era preceding the publication of the Shulchan Aruch, from 1038 to 1563 CE.
- 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 184:
- Since the days of the Rishonim, the version appearing in our Haggadot is the one accepted by all Jewry.