disputed has led to attempts to precisely define which rulings are within the Acharonim era. According to many rabbis the Shulkhan Arukh is from an Acharon. Some hold that Rabbi Yosef Karo's Beit Yosef has the halakhic status of a work of a Rishon, while his later Shulkhan Arukh has the status of a work of an Acharon. Notable Acharonim Note: This is list is incomplete and is only intended to provide a small selection from the broad list of prominent rabbinic figures of the Acharonic era. 16th Century Bezalel Ashkenazi (Shitah Mekubetzet) (c. 1520 – c. 1592), Talmudist Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (Ramak) (1522–1570), Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar Joshua Falk (Sma; Me'irat Einayim; 1555 – 1614) Moshe Isserles (Rema) (1520–1572), Polish halakhic authority and Posek, author of HaMapah component of the Shulkhan Arukh Yosef Karo (the Mechaber) (1488–1575), Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulkhan Arukh code of Torah Law Judah Loew ben Bezalel (Maharal) (1520–1609), Prague mystic and Talmudist Isaac Luria (Ari) (1534–1572), Great Kabalist, basis for most recent Kabalists Solomon Luria (Maharshal) (1510–1573), Posek and Talmudist Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno) (c. 1475 – 1550), Italian scholar and rationalist Chaim Vital (1543–1620), Kabbalist and primary disciple of Rabbi Isaac Luria David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (Radbaz) (c. 1479 or c. 1487 – 1573), 15th/16th century Halakhist, Posek and Chief Rabbi of Egypt 17th Century Samuel Eidels ("Maharsha") (1555–1631), Talmudist famous for his commentary on the Talmud Ḥayyim Shabbethai ("Maharhash") (1557 - 1643), Chief Rabbi of Thessaloniki, famous for his responsa. Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), Portuguese/Dutch Kabbalist, diplomat and publisher Moses Raphael de Aguilar ( 1611- 1679), Dutch Talmudist and Hebrew grammatician. Moses ben Isaac Judah Lima (Chelkath Mechokeik; c. 1615 – c. 1670) Shabbatai HaKohen (1621–1662; Siftei Kohen) David HaLevi Segal (Turei Zahav) (c. 1586–1667), Halakhist, major commentator on the Shulkhan Aruch Avraham Gombiner (Magen Avraham; c. 1635 – 1682) Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel) (1615–1690), Lithuanian scholar Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), Portuguese/Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas Hezekiah da Silva (1659–1698; Peri Chodosh) Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair) (1639–1702), German Talmudist Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1710), Sephardic scholar in England Samuel ben Uri Shraga Phoebus (Beit Shmuel) 18th Century Chaim ibn Attar (Ohr Hachaim; Peri Toar; 1696—1743) Jonathan Eybeschutz (Urim ve-Tummim; Kereti u-Peleti) (1690–1764) of Prague, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) (1707–1746), Italian philosopher, mystic, and moralist Yehudah ben Shimon