title: RABaD
text: # RABaD
  
  RABad (ראב״ד, pronounced also Raavad, Ravad or Raivid) is a Hebrew acronym which most commonly refers to Rabbi Abraham Ben David, or the RABaD III. There are three rabbis and scholars referred to by this acronym:
  
  ## People
  
  * Rabbi Abraham ibn Daud, the first RABaD, a Spanish-Jewish philosopher and historian
  * Rabbi Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne the Eshkol, called RABad II, being an acronym for Rav Av Beth Din
  * Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières, called RABaD III, a son-in-law of the former
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * RABaD or Ravad, the head of any Rabbinical court, being an acronym for Rosh Beth Din
  * Rábade or "San Vicenzo de Rábade", a town in the northwest of Spain in the province of Lugo
  