Avraham Danzig

Avraham Danzig

male, deceased (1820)
"Chayei Adam" deals with the laws discussed in the Orach Chayim section of the Shulchan Aruch. It is divided into 224 sections - 69 dealing with...
Shmuel Salant

Shmuel Salant

male, deceased (1909)
Rabbi Shmuel Salant served as the Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar. He was born in Białystok, t...
Shimon Shkop

Shimon Shkop

male, deceased (1940)
Rabbi Shimon Shkop (1860-1940) was a rosh yeshiva ("dean") in the Telshe yeshiva and a renowned Talmudic sholar. He was born in Tortz in 1860. At...
Yisrael Meir Kagan

Yisrael Meir Kagan

male, deceased (1933)
Yisrael Meir (HaCohen) Kagan (Dzyatlava, February 6, 1838 - Radun, September 15, 1933) also known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim was an influential...
Nosson Tzvi Finkel

Nosson Tzvi Finkel

male, deceased (1927)
Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh) Finkel (1849-1927), was born in Lithuania and died in the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an influential leader of...
Shlomo Zalman Abel

Shlomo Zalman Abel

male, deceased (1866)
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Halevi Abel (1857-1886) was one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva and author of Beis Shlomo. Rabbi Abel was born on Wednesday...
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

male, deceased (1953)
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-30 December 1953) was an influential Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher of the 20th...

Meir Atlas

male, deceased (1926)
Rabbi Meir Atlas was Rabbi of Shavel in Lithuania and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva. He was an outstanding halachic authority who...
Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried

male, deceased (1886)
Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried was a Haredi Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch,...
Meir Simcha Of Dvinsk

Meir Simcha Of Dvinsk

male, deceased (1926)
Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926) was a rabbi and prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. He was a...