Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

male, deceased (1893)
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin was the Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author if several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania. His...
Chaim Volozhin

Chaim Volozhin

male, deceased (1821)
Chaim Volozhin (1749-1821) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner", or simply "Reb Chaim",...
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...
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",...
Jacob Joseph

Jacob Joseph

male, deceased (1902)
Rabbi Jacob Joseph (1840-July 28 1902) was the first and only Chief Rabbi of New York (actually, he served as chief rabbi of New York City's...

Zundel Salant

male, deceased (1866)
Rabbi Yosef Zundel of Salant (1786-1866) (also known as Zundel Salant) was the primary teacher of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. Reb Zundel was born in...
Refael Shapiro

Refael Shapiro

male, deceased (1921)
Rabbi Refael Shapiro (1837-1921) was the famed Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and a son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (the...
Samuel Mohilever

Samuel Mohilever

male
Rabbi Samuel Mohilever, also called Shmuel Mohilever, was a pioneer of Religious Zionism and one of the founders of the Hovevei Zion movement....
Zalman Sorotzkin

Zalman Sorotzkin

male
Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin (1881-1966) was a famous Orthodox Rabbi. He is also known as the "Lutzker Rav", since he served as the Rabbi of Lutsk,...
Boruch Ber Leibowitz

Boruch Ber Leibowitz

male, deceased (1940)
Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz (Hebrew: ברוך בער ליבוביץ) was a main student of Rabbi Chaim Brisker and was famed for his Talmudic lectures. Reb...