Isaac Klein

male, deceased (1979)
rabbi, Jewish law, World War II chaplain, halakha, responsa, Jewish Theological Seminary
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...
Hai Gaon

Hai Gaon

male, deceased (1038)
talmud, yeshiva, Babylonia, Geonim, academy, Middle Ages…responsa
Hai Gaon (969-1038) was one of the last "geonim" (rabbinic authorities of the early Middle Ages). He was the head of the academy at Pumbedita,...
Elliot N. Dorff

Elliot N. Dorff

male, 66 years old
University of Judaism, Conservative Judaism, rabbinical assembly, responsa, halakha, Jewish law…Conservative responsa
Elliot N. Dorff (born 24 June 1943) is a Conservative rabbi, a professor of Jewish theology at the American Jewish University (formerly the...
Amram Gaon

Amram Gaon

male, deceased (875)
Jewish, hebrew, talmud, liturgical, sura, Jewish person…responsa
Amram Gaon (Hebrew: עמרם גאון was a famous "Gaon" or head of the Jewish Talmud Academy of Sura (Persia) in the 9th century. He was the author o...
Meir Shapiro

Meir Shapiro

male, deceased (1933)
Pinchas Shapiro, Hasidic rosh yeshivas, Korets, romanian, polish, agudath israel…responsa
Rabbi Yehuda Meir Shapiro, (March 3, 1887 - October 27, 1933), was a prominent Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva and the creator of the Daf Yomi, a...
Yoel Sirkis

Yoel Sirkis

male, deceased (1640)
from Medzhybizh, Jerusalem Talmud, polish, talmud, Jewish person, babylonian…responsa
Bayit Chadash, Rabbi Sirkis's best known work, is a major commentary on the "Arba'ah Turim" of Jacob ben Asher. The work presents and elucidates...
Akiva Eger

Akiva Eger

male, deceased (1837)
Sheva Kehillos, hungarian, from Greater Poland, responsa, posek, silesia
Rabbi Akiva Eger or Eiger (b. "11 Cheshvan 5522", d. "13 Tishei 5598" on the Hebrew Calendar), was a Jewish Talmudic scholar and influential...
Yosef Eliyahu Henkin

Yosef Eliyahu Henkin

male, deceased (1973)
Yehudah Herzl Henkin, responsa, Orthodox Judaism, Haredi rabbi in the United States, orthodox, Aruch HaShulchan
Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin (1881 - 1973) was a prominent Orthodox rabbi in the United States. He was born in Belorussia, and studied at the...
Tzvi Ashkenazi

Tzvi Ashkenazi

male, deceased (1718)
rabbi, moravia, lviv, Early Acharonim, responsa, Lemberg
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi (1656, Moravia- May 2, 1718, Lemberg), known as the "Chacham Tzvi" (after a responsa by the same title),...

Samuel de Medina

male, deceased (1589)
From Thessaloniki, Polemic, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, talmud, novella…responsa
Rabbi Samuel ben Moses de Medina, was a Talmudist and author; born 1505; died October 12, 1589, at Salonica. He was principal of the Talmudic...