Shimon Shkop

Shimon Shkop

male, deceased (1940)
rabbi, lithuanian, Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas, talmud, Jewish person, Rosh yeshivas…Netziv
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...
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

male, deceased (1893)
rabbi, belarusian, polish, Jewish person, Lithuanian Jew, Rosh yeshivas…Netziv
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin was the Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author if several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania. His...
Isser Zalman Meltzer

Isser Zalman Meltzer

male, deceased (1953)
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, Haredi rabbi, Mir yeshiva, yeshiva, Orthodox rabbi, Jewish person…Netziv
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)
Yisrael Salanter, Zhagory, Orthodox rabbi, Chief rabbi, Volozhin yeshiva, Yurburg…Netziv
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...
Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

male, deceased (2006)
rabbi, Holocaust, world war one, Baranovich, Refoel Shapiro, conscription…Netziv
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...
Zvi Yehuda Kook

Zvi Yehuda Kook

male, deceased (1982)
Religious Zionist rosh yeshivas, buried at the Mount of Olives, Religious Zionism, Netziv, yeshiva, zionist
Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891-1982) was a rabbi, a leader of Religious Zionism, usually associated with the Mizrachi movement in Israel, and the Rosh...
Refael Shapiro

Refael Shapiro

male, deceased (1921)
rabbi, Netziv, Jewish person, Chief rabbi, Rosh yeshivas, Rosh Yeshiva
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...