Elazar Shach

male, deceased (2001)
Elazar Menachem Man Shach (January 22, 1898 - November 2, 2001), was a leading Eastern European-born and educated Haredi rabbi who settled and...

Yosef Qafih

male
Rabbi Yosef Qafih, also spelled Kafich or Qafehh or Gafeh, was one of the foremost leaders of the Yemenite Jewish community, first in Yemen and...
Isser Zalman Meltzer

Isser Zalman Meltzer

male, deceased (1953)
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870 - 1953) was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is also known as the "Even HaEzel",...
Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik

male, deceased (1959)
Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik, also known as Velvel Soloveitchik or as the Brisker Rov, (1886-1959), was a son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of...
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...

Vidal Of Tolosa

male
Vidal of Tolosa was a Spanish rabbi and scholar of the latter half of the fourteenth century. Vidal resided in Catalonia, where he prepared his...

Samson Ben Abraham Of Sens

male, deceased (1230)
Samson ben Abraham, also known as the Rash of Sens (an acronym of his name) or "the Prince of Sens", was one of the leading French Tosafists in the...

Shabsai Frankel

male, deceased (2000)
Rabbi Shabsai Frankel was a successful businessman, philanthropist, and publisher of Torah books. His father, Rabbi Yosef Frankel was a prominent...

Abraham de Boton

male
Abraham Hiyya de Boton (Hebrew: אברהם די בוטון) was a Talmudist and rabbi, a pupil of Samuel de Medina, who later dwelt for the most part at Salo...

Heinrich Jacob Bashuysen

male, 330 years old
Heinrich Jacob Bashuysen (born at Hanau, Prussia, October 26 1679; died about 1750) was a German Christian printer of Hebrew books and Orientalist....