Maharshal

Solomon Luria, also known as the Maharshal, was a Polish rabbi, legal decisor (posek), and talmudic commentator. His prominent family claimed descent from Rashi. He served as the head of the yeshiva of the famed yeshiva in Lublin, Poland. He maintained a spirited correspondence with the Rama, to whom he was related. They disagreed pointedly on the importance of philosophy and grammar. He is known for his independence in Torah matters and his strident criticism of the approach of his contemporary scholars to talmudic commentary. His great halakhic work, the Yam shel Shlomo, was overshadowed by the contemporary Shulchan Arukh, the halakhic methodology of which he was highly critical.