Rabbis Yaakov Kamenetsky and Aharon Kotler

List of rabbis. This is a public photo of two twentieth century Lithuanian-American Talmudic Rabbis: Jacob Kamenetsky (left) and Aron Kotler (right). ... This is a public photo of two twentieth century Lithuanian-American Talmudic Rabbis: Jacob Kamenetsky (left) and Aron Kotler (right). ... Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the 1960s. ... Aharon (or Ahroyn, Aaron, Aron) Kotler (1890s - 1962) was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States of America. ...

This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders. Rabbi, in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’, or more literally, ‘great one’. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ‘great’ or ‘distinguished (in knowledge)’. Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word ribbī; the modern Israeli pronunciation rabbī is derived from a... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim.

• Shimon Hatzadik
• Antigonus of Sokho

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Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot)

See: Mishnah, Tannaim, Zugot.

• Jose ben Joezer, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence.
• Jose ben Johanan, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence.
• Joshua ben Perachyah, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus.
• Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus.
• Judah ben Tabbai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome.
• Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II.
• Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II. A convert to Judaism.
• Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.
• Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great.

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The Maccabees were a Jewish family who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. ... Jose ben Jochanan (Hebrew: יוסי בן יוחנן, Yose ben Yochanan or Joseph ben Johanan) was Nasi (president) of the Sanhedrin in the second century BCE. He was a native of Jerusalem. ... Av Beit Din, or Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין) Hebrew, literally Father of the House of Justice. The Av Beit/Beis Din was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... The Maccabees were a Jewish family who fought against the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Hellenistic Seleucid dynasty, who was succeeded by his infant son Antiochus V Eupator. ... Joshua ben Perachya (Hebrew: יהושע בן פרחיה) was Nasi of the Sanhedrin in the latter half of the second century BCE. He and his colleague Nittai of Arbela were the second of the five pairs (Zugot) of scholars who received and transmitted the tradition (Avot i. ... Nāśī’ (נָשִׂיא) is a Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times it was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin, the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... John Hyrcanus (Yohanan Girhan) (reigned 134 BC - 104 BC, died 104 BC) was a Hasmonean (Maccabeean) leader of the 2nd century BC. Apparently the name Hyrcanus was taken by him as a reignal name upon his accession to power. ... Nittai of Arbela (Hebrew: נתאי הארבלי) was av beit din or vice-president of the Sanhedrin under the nasi Joshua ben Perachyah at the time of John Hyrcanus. ... Av Beit Din, or Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין) Hebrew, literally Father of the House of Justice. The Av Beit/Beis Din was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... John Hyrcanus (Yohanan Girhan) (reigned 134 BC - 104 BC, died 104 BC) was a Hasmonean (Maccabeean) leader of the 2nd century BC. Apparently the name Hyrcanus was taken by him as a reignal name upon his accession to power. ... Judah ben Tabbai was a Jewish tanna of the early first century BCE. He was a contemporary of Simeon ben Shetach. ... Nāśī’ (נָשִׂיא) is a Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times it was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin, the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Coin of Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC). ... Coin of Salome (daughter of Herodias), queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. ... Simeon ben Shetach or Shimon ben Shetach (c. ... Av Beit Din, or Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין) Hebrew, literally Father of the House of Justice. The Av Beit/Beis Din was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Coin of Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BC). ... Coin of Salome (daughter of Herodias), queen of Chalcis and Armenia Minor. ... Shmaya (or Shemaiah) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era who lived at the same time as Avtalyon. ... Nāśī’ (נָשִׂיא) is a Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times it was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin, the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Hyrcanus II was the Jewish High Priest from about 79 to 40 BCE. He was the eldest son of Alexander Jannæus and Alexandra Salome. ... Abhtalyon, Avtalyon, Abtalion (אבטליון) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era who lived at the same time as Shmaya. ... Av Beit Din, or Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין) Hebrew, literally Father of the House of Justice. The Av Beit/Beis Din was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Hyrcanus II was the Jewish High Priest from about 79 to 40 BCE. He was the eldest son of Alexander Jannæus and Alexandra Salome. ... Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod, Augustus, and probably Jesus; he is one of the most important figures in Jewish history, associated with the Mishnah and the Talmud. ... Nāśī’ (נָשִׂיא) is a Hebrew term meaning, roughly, Prince. In classical times it was the title given to the head of the Sanhedrin, the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Herod (‎, Greek: ), also known as Herod I or Herod the Great, was a Roman client king of Judaea (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho)[1]. Herod is known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the construction of the Second Temple in... Shammai (50 BCE–30 CE) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaisms core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah. ... Av Beit Din, or Av Beis Din, or Av Beth Din (אב בית דין) Hebrew, literally Father of the House of Justice. The Av Beit/Beis Din was the second-highest ranking member of the Sanhedrin during the Second Commonwealth period. ... A Sanhedrin (Hebrew: ; Greek: , [1] synedrion, sitting together, hence assembly or council) is an assembly of 23[2] judges Biblically required in every city. ... Herod (‎, Greek: ), also known as Herod I or Herod the Great, was a Roman client king of Judaea (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho)[1]. Herod is known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the construction of the Second Temple in...

Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim)

See Mishnah, Tannaim.

• Akiva, 1st century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
• Judah haNasi, 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
• Shimon bar Yochai, 1st century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
• Yohanan ben Zakkai, 1st century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
• Eliezer ben Jose/Yosey ha-Galili (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of Thirty-Two mitzvoth. The father of Rabbi Hananiah. See the fifth chapter of Hulin, and Moed Katan 28.

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Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim)

See Talmud and Amora.

• Abaye, 3rd century Talmudist
• Abba Arika, known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora. Moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century.
• Abbahu, 4th century Talmudist
• Eleazar Kalir, early Talmudic liturgist and poet
• Hamnuna - Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name.
• Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
• Hillel II, 4th century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
• Judah II, 3rd century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
• Judah III, 4th century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
• Rabbah bar Nahmani
• Rav Ashi, 5th century Babylonian Talmudic sage - primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
• Rav Nachman
• Rav Papa
• Rav Yosef
• Rava, important Amora
• Ravina, primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
• Resh Lakish
• Shmuel (Talmud), rabbi of Nehardea, physician
• Yochanan, primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
• Rav Jonah

The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a. ... Amora, plural Amoraim, (from the Hebrew root amar to say or tell over), were renowned Jewish scholars who said or told over the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and Israel. ... Abaye, the name of a Babylonian amora (q. ... Abba Arika, the name of the Babylonian amora of the 3rd century, who established at Sura the systematic study of the Rabbinic traditions which, using the Mishnah as text, led to the compilation of the Talmud. ... Abbahu, the name of an amora who flourished c. ... Eleazar Kalir is one of Judaisms earliest and most prolific of the payyetanim, liturgical poets. ... Hamnuna is the name of several rabbis in the Talmud. ... Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, was a Jewish scholar in the 3rd century. ... Hillel II, also known simply as Hillel was a Jewish communal and religious authority, circa 330 - 365 CE. He was the son and successor of Judah III. He is sometimes confused with Hillel the Elder, as the Talmud sometimes simply uses the name Hillel. He is regarded as the creator... Judah II was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the middle of the third century CE. He is mentioned in the classical works of Judaisms oral law, the Mishnah and Talmud. ... Judah III is a famous Jewish sage mentioned in the classical works of Judaisms oral law, who lived during the third and beginning of the fourth century. ... Rabbah bar Nahmani (c. ... Ashi, known as Rav Ashi (Rabbi Ashi), (352–427) was a celebrated Jewish religious scholar, aBabylonian amora, who reestablished the academy at Sura and was first editor of the Babylonian Talmud. ... Rav Nachman was active in Nehardea, and is known as a judge, apparently in the court of the Exilarch (the political head of the Babylonian Jewish community). ... Rav Papa (רב פפא) was a Babylonian Amora, he was a student of both Rava and Abaye. ... Rava (רבא) was a Babylonian amora born in 270, and one of the most often-cited Rabbis in the Talmud. ... Ravina was a rabbi of the Talmud who, in 475 CE, together with his teacher Rav Ashi, collected and commented upon the Gemara of what would henceforth be known as the Babylonian Talmud. ... Simeon ben Lakish (in Hebrew, Shimon ben Lakish; in Aramaic, Shimon bar Lakish or bar Lakisha), better known by his nickname of Resh Lakish, was a Palestinian amora of the third century CE. He was reputedly born in Bostra, east of the Jordan River, in around 200 CE, but lived... Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba was a Babylonian amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. ... Rabbi Yochanan (died c. ... Jonah (Hebrew: רבי יונה) was a Palestinian amora of the 4th century, the leading rabbinical authority in the 4th amoraic generation. ...

Rabbis: Middle Ages

See: Geonim and Rishonim.

• Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th century French Talmudist
• Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), 15th century philosopher and Torah commentator
• Jacob Berab, 15th-16th century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
• Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philosopher
• Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura) 15th century commentator on the Mishnah
• Abraham ben David of Posquières, 1100s, France.
• Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), 12th century Spanish-North African Biblical commentator
• Amram Gaon, 9th century organizer of the siddur
• Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), 13th century German-Spanish Talmudist
• Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th century Spanish philosopher and moralist
• Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Dunash ben Labrat, 10th century grammarian and poet
• Eliezer ben Nathan, 12th century poet and pietist
• Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), 14th century Talmudist and philosopher
• Rabbenu Gershom, 11th century German Talmudist and legalist
• Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), 14th century French Talmudist and philosopher
• Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12th century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
• Ibn Tibbon, a family of 12th and 13th century Spanish and French scholars, tranlators, and leaders
• Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), 12th century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot".
• Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), 14th century German-Spanish Halakhist
• Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), 15th century Spain
• Joseph ibn Migash 12th century Spanish Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
• Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), 13th century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
• Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), 13th century German Halakhist
• Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), 13th century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
• Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon) 10th century Tunisian Talmudist
• Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), 14th century Halakhist and Talmudist
• Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), 11th century Talmudist, the primary commentator of Talmud
• Elazar Rokeach, (Sefer HaRokeach) 12th century German rabbinic scholar
• Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur) 10th century Exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
• Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, 12th-13th century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
• Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
• Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), 12th century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion

Geonim (also Gaonim) (גאונים) (Singular: Gaon [גאון] meaning pride in Biblical Hebrew and genius in modern Hebrew) were the rabbis who were the Jewish Talmudic sages who were the generally accepted spiritual leaders of the Jewish community in the early medieval era, in contrast to the Resh Galuta/ Exilarch who wielded secular... Rishonim (ראשונים Hebrew - sing. ... Abba Mari (in full, Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph), French rabbi, was born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th century. ... This article or section should be merged with Isaac Abrabanel. ... Jacob Berab, also Jacob Berav, Yaakov Berav, Yaakov Bei Rav, Talmudist and rabbi; born at Moqueda near Toledo, Spain, in 1474; died at Safed April 3, 1546. ... Semicha (סמיכה) (meaning leaning [of the hands]) is a Hebrew word referring to what may be roughly translated as the ordination (in Hebrew: semichut סמיכות) of a rabbi within Judaism. ... Abraham ben David was a Jewish, French commentator on the Talmud. ... Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro was a Jewish rabbi and a commentator on the Mishnah, commonly known as The Bartenura by Orthodox Judaism Talmud scholars. ... You may be looking for Abraham ibn Daud, a twelfth century Spanish-Jewish philosopher and historian. ... Rabbi Abraham Ben Meir Ibn Ezra (also known as Ibn Ezra, or Abenezra) (1092 or 1093-1167), was one of the most distinguished Jewish men of letters and writers of the Middle Ages. ... Amram Gaon (d. ... Asher ben Jehiel (or Rabeinu Osher ben Yechiel) (1250? 1259?-1328), an eminent rabbi and Talmudist often known by his Hebrew acronym the ROSH (literally Head), was born in western Germany and died in Toledo, Spain. ... Bahya ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda) Full name: Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, known to Talmud scholars (in Hebrew) as the Rabbeinu Bechaya (Our Rabbi Behaya), was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. ... Chananel Ben Chushiel (or Rabbeinu Chananel), 990-1053) was a rabbi and one of the last Geonim. ... Dunash ben Labrat (920-990) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain and a student of Rabbi Saadia Gaon. ... Eleizer ben Nathan (1090-1170 ) was a Jewish poet and writer. ... Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (c. ... Rabbenu Gershom (also known as Gershom ben Judah) (c. ... Levi ben Gershon (Levi son of Gerson), better known as Gersonides or the Ralbag (1288-1344), was a famous rabbi, philosopher, mathematician and Talmudic commentator. ... Hillel ben Eliakim, known in Hebrew to Talmud scholars as Rabbeinu Hillel, (Our Rabbi Hillel), was a Jewish, Greek rabbi and Talmud scholar. ... Ibn Tibbon (or ibn Tibbon), is a family of Jewish rabbis and translators that lived principally in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. ... Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi (1013 - 1103) - also Isaac Hakohen, Alfasi or the Rif (ריף) - was a Talmudist and posek (decisor in matters of halakha - Jewish law). ... Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew Yaakov ben Asher, (1270-ca 1340) was an influential Medieval rabbinic authority. ... Joseph Albo was a Spanish rabbi, and theologian of the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of the work on the Jewish principles of faith, Ikkarim. ... Joseph ibn Migash (1077 - 1141) was a Rabbi, Posek, and Rosh Yeshiva in Lucena. ... Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ... Mordechai ben Hillel was a Jewish rabbi and legal authority in the 13th century. ... Nahmanides (1194 - c. ... Rabbi Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon, 990-1062) is best known today for his Talmudic commentary HaMafteach. ... Rabbi Nissim ben Reuven (1320 - 1380) of Girona was an influential talmudist and authority in Jewish law. ... Rashi (1040-1105) (Artists imagination) Rashi רשי is a Hebrew acronym for רבי שלמה יצחקי (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi), (February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105), a rabbi in France, famed as the author of the first comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Tanakh. ... Elazar Rokeach (or Rokeiach) (1165-1238) of Worms, Germany, was a leading rabbi, and was known as one of the Chassidei Ashkenaz (Righteous Ones of German[ic] Jewry), a group of Jewish German pietists. ... Saadia Ben Joseph Gaon (892-942), the Hebrew name of Said al-Fayyumi, was a rabbi who was also a prominent Jewish exilarch, philosopher, and exegete. ... Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, more commonly known as Samuel ibn Tibbon, was a Jewish philosopher and doctor. ... Tosafists were medieval rabbis who created critical and explanatory glosses on the Talmud. ... Judah Ha-Levi, also Yehudah Halevi, or Judah ben Samuel Halevi (Hebrew: יהודה הלוי) (c. ...

Rabbis: 16th - 18th centuries

See: Acharonim.

Acharonim (Hebrew - sing. ...

Rabbis: 16th - 17th centuries

• Isaac Abendana, 17th century Sephardic scholar in England
• Jacob Abendana, 17th century Sephardic rabbi in England
• Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, 17th century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
• Bezalel Ashkenazi, ( Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th century Talmudist
• Yair Bacharach, (Havvot Yair), 17th century German Talmudist
• Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK) 16th century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
• Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, (Bet Hillel), 17th century Lithuanian scholar
• Samuel Edels, (Mahrsha), 16th century Talmudist
• Kalonymus Haberkasten 16th century Polish rabbi; Rosh Yeshiva of many great Rishonim
• David HaLevi Segal,(Taz)16th century Halakhist, major commentatry on the Shulchan Aruch
• Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah) 16th century Kabbalist and Author - Eastern Europe and Israel
• Moshe Isserles, (Rema), 16th century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
• Yosef Karo, (Mechaber), 16th century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch - code of Torah Law
• Meir of Lublin, (Maharam), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Isaac Luria, (Ari), 16th century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
• Solomon Luria, (Maharshal), 16th century Posek and Talmudist
• Menasseh Ben Israel, 17th century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
• Shalom Shachna, 16th century Polish Talmudist; Rosh Yeshiva of several great Rishonim
• Judah Low ben Bezalel, (Maharal), 16th century Prague mystic and Talmudist
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno, (Sforno), 16th century Italian scholar and rationalist
• Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
• Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, 16th-17th century Torah commentator
• Herschel ben Avram, 16th century Torah and Talmud commentator
• Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, 16th Kabbalist
• Mordekhai Yaffe ("Levush") , 16th-17th century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha
• Menahen Ben Elhanan Rizzolo ("Levush") , 16th-17th century French rabbi, manuscript of Rizzolo containing halakic decisions

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Rabbis: 18th century

• Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
• Raphael Berdugo, rabbi in Meknes
• Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
• Dovber of Mezritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
• Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim
• Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmudist and mystic
• Israel ben Eliezer, (Baal Shem Tov), 18th century mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
• Aaron Hart, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Hassine, Moroccan Jewish poet
• Yechezkel Landau, (Noda Bihudah), 18th century Posek and Talmudist
• Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, (Ramchal), 18th century Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic.
• Hart Lyon, Chief rabbi of Great Britain
• David Nieto, English rabbi
• Isaac Nieto, English rabbi
• Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), 18th century mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
• Akiva Eiger, 18th century Talmudist, and communal leader
• Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech) 18th century Polish mystic and Hasid
• Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, (Kedushas Leivi) 18th century Polish Hassidic Leader
• Shalom Sharabi, Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist

The Chida Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai (1724 – 21 March 1807), commonly known as the Chida (by the acronym of his name), was a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Medresa Bou Inania in Meknes Meknes (Arabic: مكناس) is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. ... Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal (born in Hebron, 1733, died in Barbados, 1777) was, indirectly, a significant influence on the development of Yale University in the late 1700s. ... Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Rev. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch (דב בער ממזריטש) (1704/1710 (?) – December 15, 1772) was the primary disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism. ... Elijah Ben Solomon, the Vilna Gaon The Vilna Gaon (April 23, 1720 – October 9, 1797) was a prominent Jewish rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist. ... Jacob Emden was a Jewish rabbi, Talmud scholar, and opponent of the Shabbethaians. ... Rabbi Israel (Yisroel) ben Eliezer (רבי ישראל בן אליעזר, c. ... Chief Rabbi Aaron Hart Aaron Hart (1670 - 1756) was the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1704 until his death. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... Hassine, is a Moroccan name, meaning (in Arabic): the beautiful or good one (Hasîn). ... Rabbi Yechezkel ben Yehuda Landau (8 October 1713-29 April 1793) was an influential 18th century authority in halakha (Jewish law). ... Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707-1746), also known by the Hebrew acronym as the RAMCHAL (also RAMHAL), was a prominent Italian Jewish rabbi, mystic, and philosopher best remembered today for his ethical treatise Mesillat Yesharim (Path of the Just). ... Rabbi Hirschel Ben Aryeh Löb Levin (also known as Hart Lyon in England) (born at Rzeszow, Galicia, 1721, died Berlin August 26, 1800) was a friend of Moses Mendelsohn and Chief rabbi at London and Berlin and Rabbi of Halberstadt and Mannheim. ... // Chief rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognised religious leader of that countrys Jewish community. ... David Nieto was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London; born at Venice 1654; died in London Jan. ... Isaac Nieto (1702-1774) (Hebrew: יצחק ניטו) was Haham of the Portuguese congregation Shaare Shamaim, Bevis Marks, London, and the son of David Nieto. ... Shneur Zalman of Liadi (‎) (September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S.), was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia. ... Rabbi Akiva Eiger or Eger (1761-1837) was a Jewish scholar and influential halakhic decisor (posek). ... Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk (or Lezhinsk or Lijensk) (in Polish: Leżajsk) (1717-1786) was and Orthodox Judaism rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. ... Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740-1810) is one of the most beloved figures in Jewish history. ... Sar Shalom Sharabi (the Rashash). ... Yemenite Jews (Hebrew: תֵּימָנִים, Standard Temanim Tiberian ; singular תֵּימָנִי, Standard Temani Tiberian ) are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen (תֵּימָן, Standard Teman Tiberian ; far south), on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. ... This article is about traditional Jewish Kabbalah. ...

Orthodox rabbis

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Orthodox rabbis: 19th century

• Barnett Abrahams, dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter Sfas Emes Gerrer Rebbe
• Benjamin Artom, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
• Joshua Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
• Salomon Berdugo 19th century Rabbi in Meknes
• Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) 19th century head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
• Avrohom Bornsztajn Avnei Neizer Sochatshover Rebbe
• Zvi Hirsch Chajes (Maharatz Chayes) Galician talmudic scholar
• Yosef Chayim, the Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher
• Yehoshua Leib Diskin, Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
• Yechiel Michel Epstein, (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th-20th century halakhist and posek (decisor)
• Jacob Ettlinger, 19th century German scholar and opponent of Reform
• Jacob of Lissa Galician Halakhist
• Azriel Hildesheimer, 19th century German rabbi and philosopher
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
• Solomon Herschell, 19th century British Chief rabbi
• Chaim Zundl Maccoby, the Kamenitzer Magid
• Malbim, Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael, (The Malbim), 19th century Russian preacher and scholar
• Pele Yoetz, Rabbi Eliezer Papo, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
• Raphael Meldola, Sephardic rabbi in London
• Frederick de Sola Mendes, Sephardic rabbi in London and America
• Nachman of Breslav, (Reb Nachman), 19th century Ukrainian Hasidic rebbe and mystic
• Yisrael Lipkin Salanter, 19th century Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
• Dovber Schneuri, 19th century Russian second Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Tzemach Tzedek), 19th century Russian third Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Shmuel Schneersohn, 19th century Russian fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yaakov Chaim Sofer, Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
• Moses Sofer, (Chatam Sofer) 19th century Hungarian rabbi
• Chaim Soloveitchik ("Brisker Rov" 19th century Eastern European rabbi

Barnett Abrahams (1831, Warsaw - 15 November 1863, London) was the Principal of Jews College. ... Jews College, since about 2000 known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was founded in London as a rabbinical seminary in 1852 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore. ... Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, a. ... Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847 - 1905), also known by the title of his Torah book/s as the Sfas Emes, was born in Warsaw, Poland and died in Ger, Poland. ... Rabbi Benjamin Artom (1835-1879) was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain. ... Hakham or Chacham (Hebrew חכם lit. ... Medresa Bou Inania in Meknes Meknes (Arabic: مكناس) is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. ... Grand Rabbi Salomon BERDUGO son of Daniel BERDUGO lived in Meknes, Morocco. ... Medresa Bou Inania in Meknes Meknes (Arabic: مكناس) is a city in northern Morocco, located 130 kilometres from the capital Rabat and 60 kilometres from Fes. ... Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (נפתלי צבי יהודה ברלין also known as Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, 1817- 10 August 1893) was a rosh yeshiva (dean [of a] yeshiva) of the Volozhin yeshiva and author if several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania. ... Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztajn (1838-1910), was born in 1838 to his father, Rabbi Zeev Nochum of Biala, author of Agudat Eizow. ... Zvi Hirsch Chajes (November 20, 1805 – October 12, 1855) was one of the foremost Galician talmudic scholars. ... Yosef Chaim (1832 - 1909) was a Hakham and a Sephardic Rabbi, authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Kabbalist. ... Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin HaGaon Harav Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1818-1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, served as a Rabbi in Lomza, Mezritch, Kovno, Shklov, Brisk and finally Jerusalem after moving there in 1876. ... Rabbi Yichiel Michel Epstein Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1907), often called the Aruch ha-Shulchan (after his main work, Arukh HaShulkhan), was a Rabbi and posek (authority in Jewish law) in Lithuania. ... Jacob Ettlinger (March 17, 1798-December 7, 1871) was a German rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism. ... Rabbi Jacob of Lissa (? - 1832) was a German halakhist known for Netivot ha-Mishpat on the Shulkhan Arukh, Choshen Misphat, and his Havat Daat on the Shulkhan Arukh, Yoreh Deah. ... Israel Azriel Hildesheimer (May 20, 1820 – July 12, 1899) was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. ... Rabbi S.R. Hirsch Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. ... Solomon Hirschell (1761, London - 31 October 1842, London) was the Chief rabbi of Great Britain, 1802-42. ... Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michel Weiser (1809 - September 18, 1879), better known as the Malbim, was a Russian rabbi, preacher, and Bible commentator. ... Rabbi Eliezer Papo (1785-1826) was the Rabbi of the community of Selestria in Bulgaria. ... Raphael Meldola, English Rabbi. ... Frederick de Sola Mendes, rabbi, author, and editor; (born at Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, July 8, 1850) He was the son of R. Abraham Pereira Mendes. ... Nachman of Breslav known as Reb Nachman of Breslov or simply as Rebbe Nachman (1772-1810) was a rabbi and the founding rebbe of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty. ... Rabbi Yisrael ben Zev Wolf Lipkin (1810-1883) was the father of the Mussar movement in Orthodox Judaism. ... Dovber Schneuri (1773-11-13 - 1827-11-16 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. ... Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (or Menachem Mendel or Tzemach Tzedek) (1789 - 1866) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement that was based in the town of Lubavitch in present-day Belarus. ... Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel or Maharash) (1834–1882), was an Orthodox rabbi. ... Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870-1939) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and posek (decisor of Torah law). Sofer is author of the work on halakha (Jewish law) titled Kaf Hachaim, by which title he is also known. ... Rabbi Moses ben Samuel Sofer or Schreiber, also known by his main work Hatam Sofer or the Chasam Soifer (שות חתם סופר - Responsa the Seal of the Scribe), was one of the leading rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century. ... Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (חיים סולובייציק) (also known as Reb Chaim Brisker), (1853-July 30, 1918) was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisk yeshivas and of an approach to Talmudic study within Judaism. ...

Orthodox rabbis: 20th century

Chareidi leaders

• Yehezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yehezkel
• Yisrael Abuhatzeira, 20th century Kabbalist
• Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) 20th century religious philosopher and ethicist
• Baruch Epstein, (Torah Temimah), 20th century Lithuanian Torah commentator
• Moshe Mordechai Epstein, ( Levush Mordechai), 20th century Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka Yehiva
• Moshe Feinstein, (Igrot Moshe), 20th century Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
• Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, (Kerem HaTzvi), 20th century author, leader and renowned scholar
• Nosson Tzvi Finkel, (Alter / Sabba), early 20th century founder of Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania. Disciples opened major yeshivas in US and Israel
• Rogatchover Gaon (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
• Boruch Greenfeld, (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
• Yitzchok Hutner, (Pachad Yitzchok), 20th century European-born, American and Israeli Rosh Yeshiva
• Yisrael Meir Kagan, (Chofetz Chaim), 20th century Polish legalist and moralist
• Aryeh Kaplan, (Living Torah) 20th century writer and mystic
• Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, (Chazon Ish) 20th century Haredi leader in Israel
• Aharon Kotler, 20th century Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in US
• Chaim Kreiswirth, long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
• Isser Zalman Meltzer, renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
• Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, (Mr. Mendlowitz) 20th century European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the US
• Shulem Moshkovitz, Hasidic rebbe in London
• Chanoch Dov Padwa, (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
• Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, 20th century Russian fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, 20th century sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson, (Lubavitcher Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
• Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick, 20th century British rabbi
• Shimon Shkop, famed Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
• Meir Simcha of Dvinsk, (Ohr Sameiach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
• Joel Teitelbaum, (Satmar Rebbe), 20th century Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for anti-Zionism
• Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl, (Min HaMeitzar) 20th century European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust

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Modern and Zionist leaders

• Hermann Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Meir Berlin, (Bar Ilan) 20th century religious Zionist leader
• Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• Isidore Epstein, Principal of Jews' College, London
• Moses Gaster, Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
• Sir Hermann Gollancz, British rabbi and professor
• Meir Kahane, founder of the American Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party
• Joseph H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
• Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman, British rabbi and dayan
• Moses Hyamson, British rabbi
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, Israeli leader of Kahane Chai party
• Abraham Isaac Kook, 20th century philosopher and mystic, first chief rabbi of Palestine
• Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
• Chalom Messas, chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
• David Messas, chief Rabbi of Paris.
• Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
• David Silverman, Outreach Rabbi with the Atlanta Scholars Kollel
• Simeon Singer, editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
• Joseph Soloveitchik, 20th century European-born Talmudist and philosopher
• Selig Starr, Chicago Rabbi

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Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary

Haredi rabbis

• Gerrer Rebbes, (Gerrer), Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the US and UK
• Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the US
• Shlomo Amar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Arie Zeev Raskin, Chief Rabbi of Cyprus
• Avrohom Blumenkrantz, posek and kashrut authority
• Meir Brandsdorfer, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
• Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Israeli rabbi and de facto rabbinical leader of the chareidi world
• Moshe Gafni, member of Israeli parliament
• Menachem Genack, OU
• Yitzchak Kadouri, leading 20th century Kabbalist (deceased)
• Yaakov Kamenetsky, rabbinical leader and educationalist
• Nissim Karelitz, respected Israeli chareidi leader
• Israel Kirzner, economist and authority on writings of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner
• Yona Metzger, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
• Israel Meir Lau, former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
• Moshe Chaim Ephraim Padwa, rabbinical head of the UOHC, London
• Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II), Belzer Rebbe
• Moshe Sacks, Satmar posek.
• Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Adin Steinsaltz, 21st century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
• Moshe Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe (deceased)
• Avraham Yitzchak Ulman, member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
• Ovadia Yosef, 21st century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
• Amnon Yitzhak, leading 'baal teshuva Rabbi' in Israel
• Avigdor Nebenzahl, Chief Rabbi of the old city of Jerusalem

Ger, or Gur (or Gerrer when used as an adjective) is a large Hasidic dynasty originating from Gur, the Yiddish name of Góra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland. ... Vizhnitz or Vizhnitzer Hasidim are a Haredi group of Hasidic Jews. ... Rabbi Shlomo Amar Rabbi Shlomo Amar (1948 - ) is the current Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, appointed in 2003. ... Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin, born in 1976, is the Rabbi of Cyprus and the first rabbi on the island in many years. ... Rabbi Blumenkrantz drafting a ketubah at a wedding Rabbi Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944 - February 22, 2007) was a prominent American Orthodox rabbi. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... Look up kosher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... The Edah HaCharedis (Hebrew: העדה החרדית HaEdah HaCharedis), also written Edah Haredit, is a prominent Haredi rabbinical body in present-day Jerusalem. ... Rabbi Y.S. Eliashiv Yosef Shalom Eliashiv (יוסף שלום אלישיב), (b. ... Rabbi Moshe Gafni is the general secretary of the chareidi Israeli political party Degel HaTorah. ... Rabbi Menachem Genack is the CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division. ... OU logo. ... Rabbi Yitzchak Kadouri (1894? - January 28, 2006) was a renowned Sephardic Orthodox rabbi and kabbalist who devoted his life to Torah study and prayer on behalf of the Jewish people. ... Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the 1960s. ... Rabbi Nissim Karelitz is the av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of the beis din tzedek (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak. ... Israel Meir Kirzner (Yisroel Mayer Kirzner) (born February 13, 1930) is a leading economist in the Austrian School. ... Rabbi Yona Metzger Yona Metzger (יונה מצגר) (born 1953) is the current Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, appointed in 2003. ... Introduction Rabbi Israel Meir Lau is currently the Chief Rabbi of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. ... The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations was founded in 1926 to protect traditional Judaism[1]. It acts as an umbrella organisation for the chareidi Jewish community in London and comprises over a hundred synagogues and and educational institutions. ... Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) (b. ... Rabbi Moshe Sacks, also known as the Matnas Moshe, is a prominent rabbi belonging to the Satmar Hassidic movement. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg After being honored with holding the baby at a brit milah in 2004. ... Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (Hebrew: עדין אבן ישראל) (born 1937) is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation of both Talmuds into Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish. ... Rabbi Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (November 1, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim, which is believed to be today the largest Hasidic community in the world, with some 100,000 followers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Edah HaCharedis (Hebrew: העדה החרדית HaEdah HaCharedis), also written Edah Haredit, is a prominent Haredi rabbinical body in present-day Jerusalem. ... Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף) (b. ... Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak (b. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Modern Orthodox

• David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Maale Gilboa
• Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
• David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Ben Yishai, Proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [1]
• Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
• Barry Freundel, rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washingon DC.
• James Kennard, British educationalist
• Norman Lamm, 20th century American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
• Aharon Lichtenstein, American-born head of an Israeli yeshiva
• Yosef Mendelevitch former Soviet "Refusenik" and Zionist activist
• Shlomo Riskin
• Shalom Rosner, Rav, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok
• Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the modern orthodox community.
• Andrew Shaw, British rabbi and youth leader
• Shmuel Silber, Rabbi of Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras Chaim in Baltimore, Md., Member of Baltimore's Vaad HaRabonim, Rosh Kollel of the Torah Mitzion Kollel of Baltimore
• Joseph Telushkin author.
• Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist.
• Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent Posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
• Avi Weiss, activist and founder of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah
• Dov Zakheim, non-practicing modern Orthodox rabbi, economic and political leader in US government
• Joseph Kelman, Toronto rabbi
• Alfredo Goldschmidt, chief rabbi of Colombia

See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis. Modern Orthodox Judaism is a philosophy that attempts to adapt Orthodox Judaism and interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish, modern world. ... Rabbi Levi Brackman (born 1978) is a renowned Judaic scholar, teacher and religious leader who has been active in England and the United States. ... Rabbi David Bar Hayim was born in Australia. ... Mordechai Breuer Mordechai Breuer (1921-February 24, 2007) (Hebrew: ‎) was an Orthodox rabbi. ... Rabbi S.R. Hirsch Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism. ... Barry Freundel is the rabbi of Kesher Israel congregation in Washington DC, and a leading rabbi in the Modern Orthodox Jewish world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rabbi Dr. Norman (Nachum) Lamm, (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a major American Modern Orthodox Jewish communal leader. ... Aharon Lichtenstein (born 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva. ... Yosef Mendelevitch (or Mendelovitch) was a well-known Jewish refusenik in the former Soviet Union who gained fame for his adherence to Zionism and public attempts to emmigrate to Israel at a time when it was considered to be against the law in the USSR. He was known as a... Shlomo Riskin (born 1940) is the American founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City. ... Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Hershel Schachter (born 1941) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva University, in New York City. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... Rabbi Andrew at the 2003 Tribe Bowling Bonanza Rabbi Andrew Shaw is the youth Rabbi in Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue. ... Modern Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, and teacher. ... Moshe David Tendler is the rabbi of The Community Synagogue of Monsey. ... Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986) Moshe Feinstein (1895 - 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and scholar, who was world renowned for his expertise in halakha and was the de facto supreme rabbinic authority for Orthodox Jewry of North America. ... Rabbi Mordechai Willig Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig (born April 25, 1947 in New York) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY. His formal title is the . ... Yeshiva University is a private Jewish university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. ... Posek (Hebrew פוסק, IPA: , pl. ... Rabbi Avraham Weiss (usually known as Avi Weiss or Rav Avi) is an American Modern Orthodox rabbi who heads the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Bronx, New York. ... Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (also known as YCT) is a Modern Orthodox yeshiva founded by Rabbi Avi Weiss in 1999, and located in New York, New York. ... Dov Zakheim Dov S. Zakheim is a former political and economic adviser to the United States government. ... Modern Orthodox Judaism is a philosophy that attempts to adapt Orthodox Judaism and interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish, modern world. ...

Conservative rabbis

See: Conservative Judaism.

Conservative Judaism, (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel predominantly), is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s. ...

Conservative rabbis: 19th century

• Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, the progenitor of Conservative Judaism.
• Yosef Guttmann, 19th century Polish rabbi
• Levi Herzfeld, 19th century german rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
• Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian

Zecharias Frankel was a German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. ... Levi Herzfeld (born December 27, 1810, at Ellrich; died at Brunswick March 11, 1884) was a German rabbi and historian. ... Nachman Kohen Krochmal (born in Brody, Galicia, on February 17, 1785; died at Tarnopol on July 31, 1840) was an Austrian philosopher, theologian, and historian. ...

Conservative rabbis: 20th century

• Abraham Joshua Heschel, 20th century Conservative Judaism philosopher and scholar of Hasidism
• Solomon Schechter, 20th century scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
• Saul Lieberman, 20th century rabbi and scholar
• Marshall Meyer, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
• Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar
• Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar
• Wolfe Kelman, 20th century Conservative rabbi
• Robert Gordis, 20th century leader in Conservative Judaism
• Isaac Klein, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and scholar
• Samuel Schafler, 20th century American Conservative rabbi and historian

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907, Warsaw, Poland – December 23, 1972) was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. ... Solomon Schechter (1847-1915) was a Romanian Jewish rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement. ... Saul Lieberman (1898-1983), was a rabbi and a scholar of Talmud. ... Marshall Meyer was an American-born Conservative rabbi and a recognized international human rights activist. ... Rabbi Louis Finkelstein was a Talmud scholar and expert in Jewish law. ... Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. ... Robert Gordis (1908 - 1992) was an important figure of Judaism. ... Isaac Klein (1905-1979). ...

Conservative rabbis: Contemporary

• Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
• Elliot N. Dorff, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
• David Golinkin - Masorti rabbi and halakhist
• Jules Harlow, 20th century Conservative Judaism liturgist
• Louis Jacobs - Founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
• William E. Kaufman - Advocate of process theology
• Harold Kushner, 21st century American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
• William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary
• Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
• Jason Alan Miller, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudas Achim in Columbus, Ohio
• Jacob Neusner, Conservative trained scholar and prolific writer
• Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism.
• Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
• Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
• Alan Silverstein, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
• Arnold Stiebel, Conservative rabbi and author
• Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi and leader
• Stewart Vogel, Conservative rabbi of Temple Aliyah, Woodland Hills, CA
• David Wolpe, Conservative rabbi of Temple Sinai in Los Angeles, California

Rabbi Menachem Creditor founded Shefa (The Conservative Movement Dreaming from Within) and co-founded Keshet (Gay-Friendly Conservative and Masorti) Rabbis. ... Elliot N. Dorff (born 24 June 1943) is a Conservative rabbi, a professor of Jewish theology at the University of Judaism in California (where he is also Rector), author, and a bio-ethicist. ... Neil Gillman is an American rabbi, an adherent of Conservative Judaism, and a philosopher. ... David Golinkin is a rabbi, author and President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel. ... Jules Harlow (born June 28, 1931) is a rabbi and liturgist; son of Henry and Lena Lipman Harlow. ... Louis Jacobs (born 1920) is a Masorti rabbi in England, the first leader of Masorti Judaism (also known as Conservative Judaism) in the UK, best known as the central focus of events in the early 1960s that came to be known as The Jacobs Affair. Jacobs was ordained as an... William E. Kaufman is a rabbi, a philosopher, and an author of several books and academic articles. ... Process theology (also known as neoclassical theology) is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947). ... Harold Kushner is a Conservative rabbi, in the liberal wing of Conservative Judaism, a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, and a long time congregational rabbi of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of the immensely popular book on liberal theology, When Bad Things Happen to Good... William H. Lebeau is Dean of The Rabbinical School, Vice Chancellor and Chairman of the Department of Professional Skills, and Lecturer of Professional Skills at The Jewish Theological Seminary. ... The Jewish Theological Seminary of America The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is the academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism, and is the movements main rabbinical seminary. ... Aaron L. Mackler is a Conservative rabbi, a professor of theology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, author, and a bio-ethicist. ... Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an influential as well as controversial academic scholar of Judaism, and the most prolific. ... Image:Dnevins. ... Joel Roth is a prominent rabbi in the Rabbinical Assembly, which is the rabbinical body of Conservative Judaism. ... Ismar Schorsch is the sixth chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) of Conservative Judaism in the United States, where he is the Rabbi Herman Abramovitz Professor of Jewish History. ... Alan Silverstein is an American Conservative rabbi and the spiritual leader of Congregation Agudath Israel since 1979. ... Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative rabbis, with some 1400 members. ... Arnold S. Stiebel, Ph. ... Gordon Tucker is a prominent Conservative rabbi. ... Rabbi Stewart Vogel is a prominent Conservative rabbi serving as senior rabbi of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills, CA. Vogel is former president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California and active in committees of the international organization of Conservative rabbis, the Rabbinical Assembly. ... Rabbi David J. Wolpe (b. ...

Conservative rabbinical organizations

• Rabbinical Assembly
• United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• Committee on Jewish Law and Standards

Originally set up as the alumni association of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the official, international body of Conservative rabbis, with some 1400 members. ... The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (or USCJ; until 1992, it was the United Synagogue of America) is the official organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. ... The Committee on Jewish Law and Standards is the central authority on halakha (Jewish law and tradition) within Conservative Judaism; it is one of the most active and widely known committees on the Conservative movements Rabbinical Assembly. ...

Union for Traditional Judaism

• David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)

Rabbi David Weiss Halivni is a scholar of Talmud and a Holocaust survivor, originally of Sighet, Romania. ... The Union for Traditional Judaism is a non-denominational Jewish communal services organization. ...

Reform rabbis

See Reform Judaism.

Reform Judaism can refer to (1) the largest denomination of American Jews and its sibling movements in other countries, (2) a branch of Judaism in the United Kingdom, and (3) the historical predecessor of the American movement that originated in 19th-century Germany. ...

Reform rabbis: 19th century

• Samuel Adler, 19th century German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
• Emil Hirsch, 19th century American Reform rabbi and scholar
• David Einhorn, 19th century American Reform rabbi
• Samuel Hirsch, 19th century German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
• Abraham Geiger, 19th century German Reform ideologist
• Samuel Holdheim, 19th century German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
• Leopold Zunz, 19th century German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
• Isaac Mayer Wise, American Reform rabbi

Samuel Adler (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Emil Gustav Hirsch (1851-1923), born in Luxembourg, was a major Reform Judaism rabbi in the USA. In 1892 he became professor of rabbinical literature and philosophy at the University of Chicago. ... David Einhorn (November 10, 1809 - November 2, 1879) was a German rabbi and leader of the Jewish reform movement in the United States of America. ... Samuel Hirsch, (born June 8, 1815 in Thalfang, (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), (formerly part of Prussia), died May 14, 1889, Chicago, USA) was a major Reform Judaism religious philosopher and rabbi. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Samuel Holdheim was a German rabbi and author; leader of the extreme wing of the early Reform Judaism movement. ... Leopold Zunz (1794-1886), Jewish scholar, was born at Detmold in 1794, and died in Berlin in 1886. ... ISAAC MAYER WISE (March 29, 1819, Steingrub (now Lomnička), Bohemia - March 26, 1900, Cincinnati), American Reform rabbi, editor, and author. ...

Reform rabbis: 20th century

• Paula Ackerman, 20th century Reform rabbi (first woman to perform rabbinical functions, not ordained)
• Leo Baeck, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
• Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
• Sally Priesand, 20th century Reform rabbi, first ordained female rabbi in the United States
• Abba Hillel Silver, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
• Gabriel Farhi, 20th century French Reform rabbi and broadcaster.
• Stephen S. Wise, 20th century Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
• Arnold Stiebel, 20th century rabbi and author
• Benjamin Constine, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Gerald J. Klein, 20th century Reform rabbi
• Laszlo Berkowitz, 20th century Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
• Gunther Plaut, 20th century Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
• Maurice Davis, 20th century Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
• Levi Kelman, Reform Rabbi, Kol Haneshama, Jerusalem

Paula Ackerman (née Paula Herskovitz, December 7, 1893 - January 12, 1989) was the first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States. ... Leo Baeck (May 23, 1873 – November 2, 1956) was an 20th century German-Polish-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. ... Lionel Blue (born 6 February 1930) is a British Reform rabbi and broadcaster. ... Rabbi Dame Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger (1950-), Rabbi of the South London Liberal Synagogue (1977-89 ); Chair of Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust (1992-7) Secretary and Chief Executive of The Kings Fund (since 1997) Categories: Stub | 1950 births ... Sally J. Priesand is Americas first female rabbi. ... Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963) was a U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader. ... Stephen Samuel Wise (1874 - 1949) was a U.S. rabbi and Zionist leader. ... Arnold S. Stiebel, Ph. ... Temple Rodef Shalom (Reform) is the largest Jewish congregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Falls Church. ... W. Gunther Plaut (born November 1, 1912) is a Rabbi of Reform Judaism and author. ... Maurice Davis (December 15, 1921 - December 16, 1993) was a Rabbi, and human rights activist. ... The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, is a United States federal agency tasked with ending employment discrimination in the United States. ...

Reform rabbinical organizations

• Union for Reform Judaism
• Central Conference of American Rabbis
• Movement for Reform Judaism (UK)

The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), formerly known as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC), is an organization which supports Reform Jewish congregations in North America. ... The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), founded in 1889, is the principal organization of Reform Jewish rabbis in the United States. ...

Reconstructionist rabbis

See: Reconstructionist Judaism.

Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern American-based Jewish movement, based on the ideas of the late Mordecai Kaplan, that views Judaism as a progressively evolving civilization. ...

Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century

• Mordecai Kaplan, 20th century founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan Mordecai Menahem Kaplan (June 11, 1881–November 8, 1983) was a rabbi and the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism. ...

Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary

• Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author

Carol Harris-Shapiro is a Reconstructionist rabbi linked here because of her association with Messianic Judaism. ...

Other rabbis

See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism Jewish Renewal is a new religious movement in Judaism which endeavors to reinvigorate modern Judaism with mystical, Hasidic, musical and meditative practices. ... Humanistic Judaism is a movement within Judaism that emphasizes Jewish culture and history - rather than belief in God - as the sources of Jewish identity. ...

• Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
• Sherwin Wine, US founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
• Michael Lerner founder/editor of Tikkun magazine

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, D.H.L., Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati; Brooklyn Chabad Ordination 1947. ... Portrait of Sherwin Wine. ... CLEAN THIS UP! Most of the content is a personal attack on Lerner, Jewish Renewal, and his political and spiritual views. ... Tikkun is an English-language opinion magazine published quarterly in the United States since 1986. ...

External links

Orthodox

• List of leaders, Orthodox Union
• Famous Rabbis, famousrabbis.com
• Gallery of Our Great, chabad.org
• Biographies of Gedolim, tzemachdovid.org
• Mini-Biographies of Gedolim , chaburas.org
• Cross-referenced Notes on Rishonim and Acharonim (PDF)

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Conservative

• Benson Skoff, 20th century Conservative rabbi

Pan-denominational

• Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
• List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
• E-Lectures Glossary