Martin Buber

Martin Buber

male, deceased (1965)
Martin Buber was an Austrian-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator, whose work centered on theistic ideals of religious consciousness,...
Isaac Luria

Isaac Luria

male, deceased (1572)
Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Jewish mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in Safed: while his literary contribution...
Rachel Elior

Rachel Elior

female
Rachel Elior is an Israeli professor of at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the "John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish...
Elimelech Of Lizhensk

Elimelech Of Lizhensk

male, deceased (1786)
Rabbi Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717-1786) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. He was also known...
Yonassan Gershom

Yonassan Gershom

male
Yonassan Gershom is a Rabbi and a follower of Breslov Hasidism. He was associated with the early days of the B'nai Or movement (in which he was...
Moshe Teitelbaum

Moshe Teitelbaum

male, deceased (1841)
Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (Hebrew: משה טייטלבוים) was the Rebbe of Ujhel in Hungary. According to Löw, he signed his name "Tamar", this being the equ...
Itche der Masmid

Itche der Masmid

male, deceased (1941)
Yitzchok Horowitz, more commonly known as Reb Itche der Masmid, was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in pre-war Europe. Specifically, he served as a...

Hillel Paritcher

male
Rabbi Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in Russia....

Nissan Neminov

male, 106 years old
Rabbi Nissan Neminov, known familiarly as Reb Nissan, was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Hasidic mentor, in...
Chaim Halberstam

Chaim Halberstam

male, deceased (1876)
Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793-1876) (Hebrew: חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the "Divrei Chaim" after his magnum opus on halakha, was a fa...