David Halevi Segal

David Halevi Segal

male, deceased (1667)
David (ben Samuel HaLevi) Segal, Turei Zahav, Jew of Poland, David ben Samuel HaLevi Segal, posek, Halakhist
David (ben Samuel HaLevi) Segal (Hebrew: דוד הלוי סגל, also known as the "Taz" (Hebrew: ט"ז) or the "Turei Zahav", was a prominent Polish "pose...
Yisrael Meir Kagan

Yisrael Meir Kagan

male, deceased (1933)
Radun, Dzyatlava, Haredi rabbi in Europe, Eastern Europe, ethicist, Rosh yeshivas…Halakhist
Yisrael Meir (HaCohen) Kagan (Dzyatlava, February 6, 1838 - Radun, September 15, 1933) also known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim was an influential...

Yom Tov Asevilli

male, deceased (1330)
Isbili, Rishonim, Ritva, Ra'ah, Yitzchak ben Manor, Yom Tov ben Avraham Asevilli…Halakhist
Yom Tov Asevilli or Yom Tov ben Avraham Asevilli (or Yom Tov the son of Abraham Asevilli), (1250-1330), who is commonly known to scholars of...

Menachem Meiri

male, deceased (1310)
Rishonim, writer, French, Medieval rabbi, halakha, Halakhist
Rabbi Menachem Meiri (1249-c.1310) was a famous Talmudist and Halakhist.

Shlomo ben Aderet

male, deceased (1310)
the Ramban, Ritva, Ra'ah, spanish, Rabbeinu Behaye, Jewish Spanish history…Halakhist
Shlomo ben Aderet or omitted altogether. Aderet sometimes is spelled Adret or Adereth. Occasionally the name Avraham or Abraham is included before...

Gershom ben Judah

male, 1049 years old
From Metz, Rishonim, judaism, Mount Sinai, Medieval rabbi, halakha…Halakhist
Gershom ben Judah best known as Rabbeinu Gershom and is also commonly known by the longer title Rabbeinu Gershom Me'Or Hagolah (Our teacher Gershom...

Shabbatai Ha-Kohen

male, deceased (1662)
Megillah Afah, Sifsei ha-kohen, Chelkat Mechokek, Lips of the Priest, Moshe Lima b. Isaac, Shimon Wolf b. Isaac Benimus…Halakhist
Shabbatai ben Meir ha-Kohen was a noted 17th Century talmudist and halakhist. He became known as "Shakh," which is an abbreviation of his most...
Joshua Falk

Joshua Falk

male, deceased (1614)
Ma-HaRWaK, acronym, rafak, Halakhist, Beit Yisrael, Arba'ah Turim
Joshua Falk (also: Joshua ben Alexander HaCohen Falk was a Polish Halakhist and Talmudist, best known as the author of the "Beit Yisrael"...
Yaakov Reischer

Yaakov Reischer

male, deceased (1733)
Austrian, Shulhan Aruk, galicia, Jewish person, metz, Early Acharonim…Halakhist
Jacob ben Joseph Reischer (Bechofen) (1661-1733) was an Austrian rabbi and halakhist born at Prague. He was the son of R. Joseph, author of "Gib'ot...

Samuel Neta Halevi

male, deceased (1827)
Later Acharonim, Machatzit HaShekel, Samuel ben Natan Neta HaLevi, Halakhist, Shulkhan Arukh, halakha
Samuel ben Natan Neta HaLevi (1738-1827) was an Orthodox rabbi and Halakhist ("Authority on Jewish law") known to scholars of Judaism. His...