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גדולי ישראל של הדורות האחרונים, מנהיגי התורה וההלכה שהנהיגו את עם ישראל בעת החדשה עד לימינו.

12חכמים בתקופה זו

Rabbi Meir of Premishlan

R. Meirl • The Premishlaner Rebbe • Meir of Premishlan III

1780 – 1850

Rabbi Meir of Premishlan was one of the greatest Hasidic leaders in Galicia in the 19th century, and a grandso…

Premishlan, Ukraine

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson

Reb Levik • Father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

1878 – 1944

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, known affectionately as "Reb Levik", was born on 18 Nisan 5638 (1878) in the t…

Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan

Rabbi Aryeh Levin

R. Aryeh • Father of the Prisoners • Rabbi of the Prisoners • Aryeh Leib Levin

1885 – 1969

Rabbi Aryeh Levin was a Jerusalem spiritual mentor and man of boundless kindness, renowned as one of the great…

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira

Baba Sali • Yisrael Beracha

1889 – 1984

Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira, known by his nickname Baba Sali and the acronym Yisrael Beracha, was one of the gre…

Netivot, Israel

Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach

Rav Shach • Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh • The Gaon of Ponovezh

1899 – 2001

Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach was one of the foremost Torah scholars and halachic authorities of the twentie…

Bnei Brak, Israel

Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky

the Steipler

1899 – 1985

Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, known as the Steipler, was among the foremost Torah and halakhic authorities o…

Bnei Brak, Israel

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The Lubavitcher Rebbe • The Rebbe

1902 – 1994

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born on 11 Nisan 5662 (18 April 1902) in Nikolayev, in the south of the R…

Queens, New York, United States

Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman

HaGrail • HaGrail Shteinman • Rabbi Aharon Leib • Maran Rosh HaYeshivah

1914 – 2017

Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, known as the Grail, was one of the leading sages of his generation, rosh y…

Bnei Brak, Israel

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Maran • Maran Malka • Maran HaRishon LeTzion • Rabbi Ovadia • HaRishon LeTzion

1920 – 2013

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, universally known as “Maran,” was one of the foremost halakhic authorities of the later ge…

Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Yehuda Shapira

Reb Yudel Shapira

1923 – 2009

Rabbi Yehuda Shapira (known as Reb Yudel) was one of the foremost halachic decisors of the Lithuanian Haredi p…

Bnei Brak, Israel

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky

The Rabbi of Bnei Brak • The Leading Sage of the Generation

1928 – 2022

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, son of the Steipler Gaon, was regarded as the foremost Torah authority of his generatio…

Bnei Brak, Israel

Rabbi Amos Kamos Guetta

the Rebbe • Rabbi Amos Guetta

1951 – 2026

Rabbi Amos Kamos Chaim Guetta was an Israeli rabbi, kabbalist, rosh yeshiva, head of a kollel for married scho…

Netanya, Israel