תקופת האחרונים
חכמי ההלכה והמחשבה מתקופת הדפוס ועד לדורנו, מחברי השולחן ערוך והפוסקים המרכזיים.
Rabbi Joseph Karo - Maran
Maran • the Shulchan Aruch • the Beit Yosef • the Mechaber
1488 – 1575
Rabbi Joseph Karo, universally known as 'Maran,' is among the greatest halakhic authorities to have arisen in …
The Maharal of Prague
Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel • The Maharal • Rabbi Loew
1520 – 1609
The Maharal of Prague — Rabbi Yehuda Loew ben Bezalel (c. 1520–1609) — was one of the most prominent Jewish sa…
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero
Ramak • Rabbi Moshe Cordoiero
1522 – 1570
Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, known by his acronym Ramak, was one of the leading kabbalists of Safed in the sixteenth…
the Rema
Rabbi Moses Isserles • Rema
1530 – 1572
The Rema (Rabbi Moses Isserles) was the author of the Mapah on the Shulchan Aruch. He added the laws and custo…
the holy Ari
Rabbi Isaac Luria • the Ari • the Ari HaChai • the Arizal • Ari z"l
1534 – 1572
The holy Ari, Rabbi Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi, was one of the greatest kabbalists in the history of th…
Chaim Vital Calabrese
Maharhu • Rahu • Rabbi Chaim Vital
1542 – 1620
Rabbi Chaim Vital Calabrese (Maharhu) was among the greatest kabbalists of Safed and the foremost disciple of …
Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Halevi Eidels
Maharsha • Eidels
1555 – 1631
Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer Halevi Eidels, known by his acronym Maharsha, was one of the greatest commentators on the…
The Shlah Hakadosh
Rabbi Yeshayah Halevi Horowitz • Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz • The Shlah
1558 – 1630
The Shlah Hakadosh — Rabbi Yeshayah Halevi Horowitz (1558–1630) — was one of the greatest rabbis of Ashkenaz i…
Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov
the Besht • Rivash • the Baal Shem Tov
1698 – 1760
Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov (the Besht), was the founder of the Hasidic movement and …
the Noda BiYehudah
Rabbi Yechezkel Landau
1713 – 1793
The Noda BiYehudah (Rabbi Yechezkel Landau), rabbi of Prague, was among the greatest halakhic decisors. His wo…
The Gra (The Vilna Gaon)
The Gaon of Vilna • Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman • The Gaon • HaGra
1720 – 1797
The Gra — the Gaon of Vilna, Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720–1797) — was one of the greatest geniuses of…
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev
The Advocate of Israel • the prodigy of Miroslav • Levi Yitzhak Berdichever
1740 – 1809
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev was one of the greatest Hasidic rebbes and the author of Kedushat Levi. He be…
Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin
Chaim Itzkovich (ben Yitzchak) • Rabbi Chaim of Volozin
1749 – 1821
Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin (1749–1821) — the preeminent disciple of the Gra, the founder of Yeshivat Etz Chaim (t…
the Hatam Sofer
Rabbi Moses Sofer • Maharam Sofer
1762 – 1839
The Hatam Sofer (Rabbi Moses Sofer) was the rabbi of Pressburg and the leading authority of Hungarian Jewry. H…
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Reb Nachman of Bratslav • Nachman of Uman • Moharan • Rabbi Nachman miBreslev
1772 – 1810
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty and a great-grandson of the Baal Shem …
Rabbi Yisrael Salanter
Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin • Or Yisrael • Salanter
1810 – 1883
Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin of Salant was the founder of the Musar movement, one of the most influential spiritual mo…
Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
Ben Ish Chai • Hacham Yosef Chaim • The Ben Ish Chai
1835 – 1909
Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, known as "the Ben Ish Chai" after his famous work, was one of the foremost halak…
The Chafetz Chaim
Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaKohen Kagan • The Chafetz Chaim • The Chafetz Chaim of Radin • Yisrael Meir HaKohen
1839 – 1933
Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaKohen Kagan of Radin, known as the "Chafetz Chaim" after his seminal work, was among the …
Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook
HaRa'ayah Kook • Rav Kook
1865 – 1935
Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook (HaRa'ayah) was the first Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel, a profound think…
The Chazon Ish
Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz
1878 – 1953
Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, known as 'the Chazon Ish' after his celebrated series of works, was one of t…
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
Reb Moshe • Rav Moshe
1895 – 1986
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was one of the foremost halakhic authorities of recent generations and a leading figure …