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Often times, two contradictory statements of a Rishon will baffle the Poskim, and all it takes is a little history to know that there were actually two or more people with the same name, each of which said one of the contradictory statements.
Often times, two contradictory statements of a Rishon will baffle the Poskim, and all it takes is a little history to know that there were actually two or more people with the same name, each of which said one of the contradictory statements.
=Rif=
# Rabbeinu Yitzchak ben Yaakov Alfasi, the [[Rif]], had a grandson, Rav Yitzchak ben Reuven, who is known as the Baal HaShe'arim. Some Poskim weren't aware of this and mistakenly posed contradictions between the writings of the two.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei HaRif 20)</ref>
=Raavad=
=Raavad=
It's important to be aware that there are three individuals known as the [[Ra'avad]]:  
It's important to be aware that there are three individuals known as the [[Ra'avad]]:  
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=Rabbeinu Yonah=
=Rabbeinu Yonah=
There were at least four Rabbeinu Yonahs:
There were at least four Rabbeinu Yonahs:
# R' Yonah Gerondi (HeChassid), whom we know as [[Rabbeinu Yonah]], cousin of the Ramban, and Rebbe of the Rashba. His grandson, son of his daughter and the [[Ramban]]'s son Shlomo, was named R' Yonah after him. He had grandson who was also named [[R' Yonah]], whose daughter married the [[Rashbetz]] and was thereby the grandfather of the [[Rashbash]].<ref>Shu"t HaRashbash Siman 291</ref>
# R' Yonah Gerondi (HeChassid), whom we know as [[Rabbeinu Yonah]], cousin of the Ramban, and Rebbe of the [[Rashba]]. His grandson, son of his daughter and the [[Ramban]]'s son Shlomo, was named R' Yonah after him. He had grandson who was also named [[R' Yonah]], whose daughter married the [[Rashbetz]] and was thereby the grandfather of the [[Rashbash]].<ref>Shu"t HaRashbash Siman 291</ref>
# R' Yonah שניין, a cousin of the R' Yonah Gerondi, who overlapped in his lifetime.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Shear Mechabrim 14), Hagahat R' Tzvi Hirsch Berlin ad loc based on Beit Yosef Choshen Mishpat 388. See Shem HaGedolim, Gedolim, Yud 98)</ref>
# R' Yonah שניין, a cousin of the R' Yonah Gerondi, who overlapped in his lifetime.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Shear Mechabrim 14), Hagahat R' Tzvi Hirsch Berlin ad loc based on Beit Yosef Choshen Mishpat 388. See Shem HaGedolim, Gedolim, Yud 98)</ref>
# R' Yonah author of the Sefer Issur veHetter and Talmid of the Terumat HaDeshen. Printers and Poskim mistakenly labeled his Sefer as a product of R' Yonah Gerondi, but it's clearly impossible.<ref>HaRav Hershel Schachter ([https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/896777/rabbi-hershel-schachter/vayakhel-pekudei-5778-double-parsha-parah-39-melachos-lechem-hapanim-shemen-hamishcha-tzitz/ Vayakhel-Pekudei 5778], Tetzaveh 5777), Rav Meir Mazuz ([http://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?604932&pageid=P0084 Ohr Torah Iyyar 5777 Siman 86])</ref>
# R' Yonah author of the Sefer Issur veHetter and Talmid of the Terumat HaDeshen. Printers and Poskim mistakenly labeled his Sefer as a product of R' Yonah Gerondi, but it's clearly impossible.<ref>HaRav Hershel Schachter ([https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/896777/rabbi-hershel-schachter/vayakhel-pekudei-5778-double-parsha-parah-39-melachos-lechem-hapanim-shemen-hamishcha-tzitz/ Vayakhel-Pekudei 5778], Tetzaveh 5777), Rav Meir Mazuz ([http://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?604932&pageid=P0084 Ohr Torah Iyyar 5777 Siman 86])</ref>