> Yitzhak Grossman wrote: > > > It is worth noting that Rav Levi Ibn Haviv, writing prior to Arizal and > > Besht R' ZS: > Wasn't the Ralbach a contemporary of the Arizal? I thought so, too, but Wikipedia has the Arizal being born in 1534 and the Maharalbach being Niftar in 1545. KT, MYG