Rabbi Ezra, teacher of the Ramban in the wisdom of Kabbalah, passed away in the year 4998 [(see above year 4954)]:

Rabbi Elazar of Germiza [(son of Rabbeinu Yehudah, Siftei Yeshenim)] was in these times, as is evident from Sefer HaEmunot which Rabbi Sha"t authored, and he was a great sage and authored Sefer Rokeach, in the gematria of Elazar, and he received his Torah from the holy Rabbi Yehudah, and he received from Rav Kashisha Gaon from the seed of the Geonim, who was appointed from the pious ones who traveled from there and also...

Rabbi Eliezer of Metz, called Ra'am [(bar Shmuel, Mekh)] was an Ashkenazi in this generation, and it is evident from Mordechai at the end of chapter 2 that Ra'avan and Rivam and Ra'am were together, and he was a great sage also in Kabbalah, and authored Sefer Yere'im and mentions in it many sages who were in his generation, such as in section 22 Rabbi Yitzchak bar Malki Tzedek, and Mar Rav who is our...

Ravyah is Rabbi Eliezer bar Yoel HaLevi, son of the daughter of Ra'avan, [(and in Shomer HaDat, letter 52, section 2, it is written that Ramban 69 is he)] see Maharik section 50 and in Mordechai, chapter Kol HaBasar, and there it says, thus Ravyah received that there is a bird that has no gizzard but has a heart, and there is no gizzard in the liver, and in Mordechai, chapter HaMagresh, Ravyah asked Rabbi Klonimos...