Abaye

Abaye

male, deceased (339)
Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora; born about the close of the third century; died 339 (see Talmudic...
Samuel Belkin

Samuel Belkin

male
Rabbi Samuel Belkin (1911-1976) is best known as the second University President of Yeshiva University. He was born in Swislocz, Poland and studied...
David Halevi Segal

David Halevi Segal

male, deceased (1667)
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...

Mordecai ben Hillel

male, deceased (1298)
Mordechai ben Hillel (ca. 1250-1298) was a rabbi and legal authority in 13th century Germany. He is known for his legal commentary on the Talmud,...
Eli Mansour

Eli Mansour

male, 41 years old
Rabbi Eli J. Mansour is a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi of Syrian Jewish descent. He is an eminent Torah scholar and a renowned and highly sought after...

Isaac Tyrnau

male
Rabbi Isaac Tyrnau is best known as author of "Sefer Minhagim" (Hebrew: "Book of Customs"). He was active in Hungary in the late 1400s and early...

Shlomo ben Aderet

male, deceased (1310)
Shlomo ben Aderet or omitted altogether. Aderet sometimes is spelled Adret or Adereth. Occasionally the name Avraham or Abraham is included before...
Ahron Soloveichik

Ahron Soloveichik

male, deceased (2001)
Rabbi Ahron (Aaron) Soloveichik ;(May 1, 1917 - October 4 2001) was a scholar of Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of...

Yosef Sholom Eliashiv

male, 99 years old
Rabbi Yosef Sholom Eliashiv is a Haredi rabbi and "posek" (arbiter of Jewish law) who lives in Jerusalem, Israel. Presently well into his nineties,...

Jonathan Eybeschutz

male, deceased (1764)
Jonathan Eybeschutz, was a Talmudist, Halachist and Kabbalist, holding positions as Dayan of Prague, and later as Rabbi of the "Three Communities":...