Hebrew name: שיטה מקובצת
Years: c. 1520–1592
Primary city: Cairo
Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi was a significant Talmudic scholar in Ottoman Egypt and Eretz Yisrael. He is primarily known for his Shitah Mekubetzet, a compendium of Rishonim commentaries on the Talmud. He led the yeshiva in Cairo and was a teacher of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria.