Shneur Zalman Of Liadi

Shneur Zalman Of Liadi

male, deceased (1812)
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...
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...
Avraham Gombiner

Avraham Gombiner

male
Abraham Abele Gombiner (Hebrew: אברהם לוי אבלה הומבינר), known as the Magen Avraham, born in Gąbin (Gombin), Poland, was a rabbi, Talmudist and...

Chaim Ibn Attar

male, deceased (1743)
Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar was a Talmudist and kabbalist; born at Mequenez, Morocco, in 1696; died in Jerusalem July 31, 1743. He was one of the...
Pinchas Kehati

Pinchas Kehati

male, deceased (1976)
Pinchas Kehati is the author of משניות מבוארות "Misnayot Mevuarot" (literally "Clarified Mishnayos", popularly known as "the "Kehati Mishnayot") w...
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz

Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz

male, deceased (1953)
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz known by his pen name as the Chazon Ish ("Vision [of] Man"), was a Belarusian born Orthodox rabbi who became leader of...

Moshe Sacks

male
Rabbi Moshe Sacks, also known as the "Matnas Moshe", is a prominent rabbi belonging to the Satmar Hasidic movement. He is a dayan and posek...

Yisroel Ben Shmuel Of Shklov

male, deceased (1839)
Yisroel ben Shmuel Ashkenazi of Shklov was a Talmudist, one of a group of Talmudical scholars of Shklov who were attracted to Vilna by Elijah Gaon...
Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

male, deceased (2006)
Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (1917-2006) was a Rosh Yeshiva and important rabbinic figure in Israel. His father, Rabbi Aryeh Shapiro, was the son of...

Joshua Höschel ben Joseph

male, deceased (1648)
Joshua Höschel ben Joseph was a Polish rabbi; born in Wilna about 1578; died at Cracow August 16, 1648. In his boyhood he journeyed to Przemysl, G...