Rabbi Meir

Rabbi Meir

male
Rabbi Meir or Reb Meir Ba'al Ha-Nes (lit. "Rabbi Meir Master of the Miracle") was a famous Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Talmud. He was...
Jacob Neusner

Jacob Neusner

male, 77 years old
Jacob Neusner (born July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut) is an academic scholar of Judaism
Vilna Gaon

Vilna Gaon

male, deceased (1797)
The Vilna Gaon (April 23, 1720 - October 9, 1797) was a prominent rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist. Born Elijah (Eliyahu) ben Shlomo Zalman, he...
Aryeh Kaplan

Aryeh Kaplan

male, deceased (1983)
Aryeh Kaplan was a noted American Orthodox rabbi and author, who had a background in both physics and Judaism. He is widely viewed as a prolific...
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

male, deceased (1972)
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a...
Judaica Press

Judaica Press

male
Judaica Press is an Orthodox Jewish publishing house founded in New York City in 1963 by S. Goldman, and then taken over by his son Jack Goldman in...
Adin Steinsaltz

Adin Steinsaltz

male, 72 years old (Jerusalem, Israel)
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz (Hebrew: עדין שטיינזלץ) or Adin Even Yisrael (born 1937) is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation...
Shimon Bar Yochai

Shimon Bar Yochai

male
Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi, was a famous rabbi who lived in the era of the Tannaim (scholars of the...
Saul Lieberman

Saul Lieberman

male, deceased (1983)
Saul Lieberman (1898-1983), also known as The "Gra"sh" ("Gaon Rabbeinu Shaul"), was a rabbi and a scholar of Talmud. He served as Professor of...
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...