Yair Bacharach

Yair Bacharach

male, deceased (1702)
Rabbi Yair Chayim Bacharach was a German rabbi, initially in Koblenz and remainder of his life in Worms and Metz. His grandmother Chava was a...

Yose ben Yoezer

male
Yose ben Yoezer was a rabbi of the early Maccabean period, possibly a disciple of Antigonus of Soko and member of the ascetic group known as the...
Larisa Trembovler

Larisa Trembovler

female
Larisa Trembovler is the wife of Yigal Amir, the convicted murderer of Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin who is currently serving a life...
Hanina Ben-Menahem

Hanina Ben-Menahem

male
Hanina Ben-Menahem is an Oxford trained scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who specializes in Jewish law (Halakha). Ben-Menahem is...
Chaim Hezekiah Medini

Chaim Hezekiah Medini

male, deceased (1904)
Chaim Hezekiah Medini (Hebrew: חיים חזקיה בן רפאל אליהו הלוי מדיני) also known as the Sdei Chemed - the title of his chief halakhic work - was a r...

Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi

male, deceased (1690)
Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi was a Lithuanian rabbi. He was born at Brest-Litovsk in 1615; died at Zolkiev January 3 1690. After he had studied under...

Abraham Ben Isaac Of Narbonne

male, deceased (1179)
Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne was a French rabbi, also known as Raavad II, and author of the halachic work "Ha-Eshkol" ("The Cluster"). Abraham ben...
Yaakov Reischer

Yaakov Reischer

male, deceased (1733)
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...
Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam

Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam

male, deceased (1898)
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, was the eldest son of the "Divrei Chaim", Rabbi Chaim Halbertam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements...
Yossi Piamenta

Yossi Piamenta

male
Yossi Piamenta is a Jewish Orthodox electric guitar player, often called the Hasidic Hendrix. As a young secular Israeli prog-rock electric guitar...