Rama

Rama - Rav Moshe Isserles (1520-1572), Poland; Primary Halachic authority for European Jewry, author of Sefer HaMappah (Hagahot HaRama) on Shulchan Arukh, and Darchei Moshe on Tur. Also authored Mechir Yayin, an allegorical commentary on Megillat Esther, written in his youth one Purim under difficult circumstances and given to his family in lieu of mishloach manot.