Sefer HaChinuch

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  1. For centuries, it was believed by many that the Ra'ah authored Sefer HaChinuch, as the latter was written by a Talmid of the Ramban who is a Levi.[1] Later Acharonim determined that might not be the case, because their rulings are sometimes contradictory.[2]
  2. It's questionable to say the Chinuch didn't see the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot.[3]

Sources

  1. Yad Malachi (Klalei Shear Mechabrim 23)
  2. See Shem HaGedolim (Gedolim, Aleph 132 and Sefarim, Chet 80), Sdei Chemed (Klalei HaPoskim 15:36), and the introduction to the Machon Yerushalayim edition
  3. Sdei Chemed (Maarechet Chattan veKallah 29), Menachem Tzion Sefarim, Mem 123