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...

Chaim Kanievsky

male
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky is a Haredi rabbi and posek ("decisor of Jewish law") living in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is the author of several works of...
Hershel Schachter

Hershel Schachter

male, 68 years old
Rabbi Hershel Schachter (born 1941) is a Rosh Yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), Yeshiva University, in New York City....
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...
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach

male, deceased (1995)
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Hebrew: שלמה זלמן אוירבך), was a renowned Rabbi, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Israel. He was...

Yisroel Belsky

male
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky is an important "posek" in the United States, residing in Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rabbi Berel and Chana Belsky....
Yechiel Michel Epstein

Yechiel Michel Epstein

male, deceased (1907)
Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829-1907), often called "the "Aruch ha-Shulchan" (after his main work, Aruch HaShulchan), was a Rabbi and "posek"...
Shlomo Ganzfried

Shlomo Ganzfried

male, deceased (1886)
Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried was a Haredi Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch,...
Yaakov Chaim Sofer

Yaakov Chaim Sofer

male, deceased (1939)
Yaakov Chaim Sofer (Hebrew: יעקב חיים סופר) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and posek ("decisor of Torah law"). Sofer is author of the work of "hal...
Yaakov Kamenetsky

Yaakov Kamenetsky

male, deceased (1986)
Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, was a prominent rosh yeshiva, "posek" and Talmudist in the post-World War II American Jewish community. He was born in the...