Betzalel Ashkenazi

Betzalel ben Avraham Ashkenazi was an Egyptian rabbi and talmudist. He was a student of Rabbi David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra (known as, Radbaz), and Rabbi Isaac Luria (known as, Arizal) was his student. Toward the end of his life, he travelled to the land of Israel and served as chief rabbi in Jerusalem, where he a serious dispute between different communities there.