Meir Abulafia

Meir ben Todros HaLevi Abulafia, also known as the Ramah (Hebrew: הרמ"ה‎‎), was a major Sephardi Talmudist and Halakhic authority in mediaeval Spain. He was appointed to the Toledo Beth Din and head of an important yeshiva in Toledo. He was so highly esteemed that on his father's death in 1225 the latter's honorary title of Nasi (prince) was applied to him. A fierce opponent of philosophy, he first entered the controversy over the Guide for the Perplexed of Maimonides. However, over the years his opposition waned, and when the subject was reopened some thirty years later he refrained from getting involved. He was a prolific author and wrote a number of Talmud novellae, but only commentary on a few tractates are extant, entitled "Yad Ramah". He also wrote halakhic responsa, a commentary on the mystical book Sefer Yezirah and a book on the laws of writing a Torah scroll.