Moshe Feinstein

Moshe Feinstein

male, deceased (1986)
Later Acharonim, Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, reb, Roshyeshivas, Lithuanian Jew, de facto
Moshe Feinstein (1895 - 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and scholar, who was world renowned for his expertise in halakha and was the "de...
Chaim Volozhin

Chaim Volozhin

male, deceased (1821)
Kletsk yeshiva, Nefesh HaChayim, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Orthodox Jewish, Telz Yeshiva, Volozhin…Roshyeshivas
Chaim Volozhin (1749-1821) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner", or simply "Reb Chaim",...
Norman Lamm

Norman Lamm

male, 82 years old
Modern Orthodox Judaism, From Brooklyn, Modern Orthodox, Roshyeshivas, Ph.D., Doctor of Philosophy
Rabbi Dr. Norman ("Nachum") Lamm, (born 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, United States), is a major American Modern Orthodox Jewish communal leader. He...
Elchonon Wasserman

Elchonon Wasserman

male, deceased (1941)
Holocaust victim, anti-zionist, Jewish person, torah, belarusian, zionism…Roshyeshivas, Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman (Hebrew: אלחנן וסרמן) was a prominent Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva in pre-World War II Europe. He was one of the Chofetz Ch...
Aharon Kotler

Aharon Kotler

male, deceased (1962)
Lithuanian Jew, Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Orthodox Judaism, Roshyeshivas, Haredi rabbi in the United States, yeshiva…founder of the Lakewood yeshivas in America
Rabbi Aharon (or Ahroyn, Aaron, Aron) Kotler (1891 - 1962) was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States of...
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

male, deceased (1987)
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Daŭhinava, Rosh Yeshiva, Haredi rabbi in the United States, Slobodka, Nosson Tzvi Finkel…Roshyeshivas
Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman was a prominent Talmudic scholar and Rabbi who founded and served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Ner Israel in...
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

male, deceased (1995)
rabbi, hebrew, yeshiva, shabbat, Roshyeshivas, Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Hebrew: שלמה זלמן אוירבך), was a renowned Rabbi, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Israel. He was...
Shimon Shkop

Shimon Shkop

male, deceased (1940)
rabbi, lithuanian, Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas, talmud, Jewish person, Roshyeshivas…Rosh Yeshiva
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...
Aharon Lichtenstein

Aharon Lichtenstein

male, 76 years old
American, Yeshiva University alumni, Harvard University alumni, immigrant, Israeli, Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas…Religious Zionist rosh yeshivas, Roshyeshivas, Rosh Yeshiva, Rosh Kollel
Aharon Lichtenstein (born in 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva. Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in France, but grew up in the...
Malkiel Kotler

Malkiel Kotler

male
Beth Medrash Govoha alumni, Aryeh Malkiel Kotler, Haredi rabbi in the United States, Rosh Yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, Roshyeshivas
Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler is the Rosh yeshiva, or Dean, of the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva in Lakewood, New Jersey. He is the grandson of BMG's...