Moshe Feinstein

Moshe Feinstein

male, deceased (1986)
Moshe Feinstein (1895 - 1986) was a Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and scholar, who was world renowned for his expertise in halakha and was the "de...
Saadia Gaon

Saadia Gaon

male, deceased (942)
Sa'adiah ben Yosef Gaon, ("Sa`īd bin Yūsuf al-Fayyūmi"); was a prominent rabbi, Jewish philosopher, and exegete of the geonic period. Saadia is kno...
Ovadia Yosef

Ovadia Yosef

male, 89 years old
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is a Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, a recognized authority in Halakha ("Jewish law"). He is the former Sephardic chief rabbi of...
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

male, deceased (1972)
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a...
David Golinkin

David Golinkin

male
David Golinkin is a rabbi, author and President and Rector of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, Israel. He is a major halachic authority...
Judah Hanasi

Judah Hanasi

male
Rabbi Judah haNasi, (Hebrew, יהודה הנשיא, "Judah the Prince" also referred to as "Rabbeinu HaKadosh" (Our holy rabbi), and "Rebbi" ([My] rabbi or t...
Isaac Alfasi

Isaac Alfasi

male, deceased (1103)
Sefer ha-Halachot extracts all the pertinent legal decisions from the three Talmudic orders Moed, Nashim and Nezikin as well as the tractates of...
Louis Finkelstein

Louis Finkelstein

male, deceased (1991)
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein was a Talmud scholar and expert in Jewish law. He taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the first American...

Isaac Klein

male, deceased (1979)
Isaac Klein (1905-1979).Rabbi Isaac Klein was born in Hungary in 1905, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1921. After earning a...
Ben Ish Chai

Ben Ish Chai

male, deceased (1909)
Yosef Chaim (Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading "Hakham" (Sephardic Rabbi), authority on Jewish law (Halakha) and Kabbalist. He is best known...