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Rabbi Nathan of Breslov
Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz • Rabbi Nathan of Nemirov • Moharnat
1780 – 1844
Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz, known as Rabbi Nathan of Breslov and by the acronym Moharnat, was the foremost discip…
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (the Raba'a)
the Raba'a • Abenezra • Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra • Abu Ishaq Abraham ben Meir
1089 – 1164
Rabbi Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra — known by his acronym the Raba'a — was one of the greatest commentators, poet…
Rabbi Judah Halevi (the RiHal)
the RiHal • Judah ben Samuel ha-Levi • Abu al-Hasan al-Lawi
1075 – 1141
Rabbi Judah ben Samuel ha-Levi — known by his acronym the RiHal — was one of the greatest poets and thinkers o…
The Rif (Rabbi Isaac Alfasi)
Rav Alfasi • the Rif • Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi • ha-Kala'i
1013 – 1103
The Rif — Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi — was one of the greatest halakhic decisors of the Jewish people and a …
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…
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Rabbi Eliezer • Rabbi Eliezer the Great
45 – 120
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus was one of the greatest Tannaim of the second generation, and a leading disciple of…
Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa
Chanina beni • Man of Deeds • The Pious
Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa was a Tanna of the first generation, one of the greatest pious men and men of deeds of …
Rashi
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki • Rabbenu Shlomo • Parsandata • Salomon de Troyes
1040 – 1105
Rashi — Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak — is one of the greatest commentators on the Written and Oral Torah in all o…
Rachel Imenu
Rachel
1589 BCE – 1553 BCE
Rachel is a central biblical figure appearing in the Book of Genesis, the most beloved wife of Jacob and the m…
Leah Imenu
Leah
Leah is a central biblical figure appearing in the Book of Genesis, one of the four matriarchs of the people o…
Sarah Imenu
Sarai • Sarah
Sarah, originally Sarai, called in Jewish tradition Sarah Imenu, Sarah our mother, is a central biblical figur…
Rebecca Imenu
Rebecca • Rebecca Imenu
Rebecca is a central biblical figure appearing in the Book of Genesis, the second of the four matriarchs of th…
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…
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…
Aaron the Priest
Aaron • Aaron son of Amram • the first High Priest
1396 BCE – 1273 BCE
Aaron, the brother of Moses, was the first High Priest. He loved peace and pursued peace, loved his fellow cre…
Ezra the Scribe
Ezra • Ezra the Priest
480 BCE – 400 BCE
Ezra the Scribe was a priest and a skilled scribe in the Torah of Moses. He ascended from Babylon to Jerusalem…
Shammai
Shammai the Elder
60 BCE – 20
Shammai the Elder, Av Beit Din and counterpart of Hillel, was known for his strictness and careful deliberatio…
Rav Saadia Gaon
Rasag • Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi • Saadia al-Fayyumi
882 – 942
Rav Saadia Gaon — Rav Saadia ben Yosef al-Fayyumi (882–942), known in short as Rasag — was a polymath: a decis…
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 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 …
Samson the Mighty
Samson son of Manoah • Samson the Judge
1100 BCE – 1080 BCE
Samson is the twelfth and final judge mentioned in the Book of Judges, and one of the most striking and comple…
Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa
Chanina my son • Man of Deed • The Pious
40 – 80
Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa was a Tanna of the first generation, at the close of the Second Temple period, and a di…
Rabbi Chananya ben Akashya
Rabbi Chanina ben Akashya
50 – 130
Rabbi Chananya ben Akashya was a Tanna of the Mishnaic period, most likely of the fourth generation of Tannaim…
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 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…
Yosef HaTzadik (Joseph the Righteous)
Yosef • Joseph • Zaphenath-paneah
1561 BCE – 1451 BCE
Yosef HaTzadik — the son of Jacob our forefather and Rachel our matriarch — is one of the earliest of the fore…
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
Rabbeinu HaKadosh • Rabbi • Our Holy Rabbi
135 – 220
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi — 'Rabbeinu HaKadosh' (c. 135–220 CE) — was a Tanna of the fifth and last generation, Nasi…
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…
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…
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…
The Rashba
Rabbi Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet • Rabbi Solomon ben Aderet
1235 – 1310
The Rashba — Rabbi Shlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet (c. 1235–1310) — was one of the greatest Torah scholars of Sp…
Ramban
Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman • Nachmanides • Bonastruc ça Porta
1194 – 1270
The Ramban — Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (c. 1194–1270) — was one of the greatest sages of Spain and a pillar of t…
Rabbi Akiva
Akiva ben Yosef • Rabbi Akiva
40 – 135
Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef — one of the greatest sages of Israel in all generations, and the father of the Oral Law…
Daniel
Belteshazzar • Daniel the Prophet
620 BCE – 530 BCE
Daniel was one of the noble Jewish youths taken captive from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in th…
Rabban Gamliel the Elder
Rabban Gamliel • Gamaliel the Elder
50 BCE – 50
Rabban Gamliel the Elder was among the first of the Tannaim and the president (Nasi) of the Sanhedrin in the l…
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Rashbi • Bar Yochai • Ben Yochai • Rabbi Shimon • Butzina Kadisha
100 – 160
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, known by his acronym Rashbi, was one of the leading sages of the fourth generation of…
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…
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 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 …
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 …
Jeremiah the Prophet
Jeremiah • Jeremiah son of Hilkiah
650 BCE – 570 BCE
Jeremiah the Prophet was the prophet of destruction. He rebuked Judah for its sins, foretold the destruction o…
Isaiah the Prophet
Isaiah • Isaiah son of Amoz
800 BCE – 700 BCE
Isaiah the Prophet, one of the greatest of the prophets, prophesied in Jerusalem during the days of the kings …
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 …
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon — Maimonides
Maimonides • Rabbi Moshe • the Great Eagle • ha-Maimoni • the Master Teacher • Rabbenu Moshe • Maimonides
1138 – 1204
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, known as Maimonides, stands among the greatest halachic authorities, thinkers, and phy…
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 …
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
HaGaon Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman • Rabbi Aharon Leib
1914 – 2017
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman, known as the Grail, was one of the leading Torah sages of his generation a…
Rabbi Ishmael
Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha • Rabbi Ishmael the High Priest
50 – 135
Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha, the High Priest, was among the foremost disciples of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai. He f…
Yose ben Yochanan
Yose ben Yochanan of Jerusalem
190 BCE – 140 BCE
Yose ben Yochanan of Jerusalem was the counterpart of Yose ben Yo'ezer. He would say: Be among the disciples o…
Shemaiah
100 BCE – 40 BCE
Shemaiah was a member of the fifth and final of the Zugot, together with his counterpart Avtalyon. He taught: …
Joshua ben Perachiah
150 BCE – 100 BCE
Joshua ben Perachiah was the first of the third pair of the Zugot and served as Nasi of the Sages. According t…
Shimon ben Shetach
120 BCE – 60 BCE
Shimon ben Shetach, Nasi of the Sanhedrin, was the brother of Queen Salome Alexandra. He instituted important …
Yose ben Yoezer
Yose ben Yoezer of Zeredah
200 BCE – 150 BCE
Yose ben Yoezer of Zeredah was the first member of the first pair of sages in the Era of the Zugot. He was kno…
Avtalyon
100 BCE – 40 BCE
Avtalyon, the counterpart of Shemaya, was a righteous convert. He taught: "Sages, be careful with your words."…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Shmuel
Shmuel Yarhina'ah
180 – 254
Shmuel Yarhina'ah was the head of the yeshiva in Nehardea and a contemporary of Rav. He was a sage renowned fo…
Maharam of Rothenburg
Rabbi Meir ben Baruch
1215 – 1293
Maharam of Rothenburg (Rabbi Meir ben Baruch) was the foremost sage of Ashkenaz in his generation. He was impr…
Rabbeinu Tam
Rabbi Jacob ben Meir • Jacob Tam
1100 – 1171
Rabbeinu Tam (Rabbi Jacob ben Meir), one of the foremost Tosafists and a grandson of Rashi, was regarded as th…
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…
Rabbeinu Yonah
Rabbi Yonah ben Abraham of Gerona • Yonah Gerondi
1200 – 1263
Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerona, author of Shaarei Teshuvah, was the uncle and teacher of Nachmanides. At first he op…
Rabbi Meir
Meir • Rabbi Meir Baal HaNes
80 – 160
Rabbi Meir was one of the foremost disciples of Rabbi Akiva, a distinguished sage and scribe. His wife, Beruri…
King David
David • David son of Jesse • King of Israel
907 BCE – 837 BCE
King David, the Lord’s anointed, founder of the Davidic dynasty and author of most of the Book of Psalms. He w…
Hai Gaon
Hai ben Sherira
939 – 1038
Hai Gaon, the son of Sherira Gaon, was the last Gaon of Pumbedita. He was among the greatest halakhic authorit…
Rava
Rava bar bar Hana
280 – 352
Rava, head of the academy of Mehoza, was the principal disputant of Abaye. In the great majority of cases, the…
Ravina
Ravina the Last
380 – 475
Ravina the Last was among those who brought the Babylonian Talmud to its completion. He finalized the Babyloni…
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
Ribaz
40 BCE – 80
Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai was a member of the Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. He left besieged Jerusalem in a coffin, …
Rav
Rav Safra • Abba bar Ivo
175 – 247
Rav (Abba bar Ivo), the first of the Amoraim, was a disciple of Rabbi Judah HaNasi. He founded the academy of …
Rabbi Samuel HaNagid
Shmuel ha-Levi ben Yosef • Isma'il ibn Naghrillah
993 – 1056
Rabbi Samuel HaNagid was among the greatest sages of Sepharad, a military commander and adviser to the kings o…
King Solomon
Solomon • Jedidiah
848 BCE – 768 BCE
King Solomon, the wisest of all men, built the First Temple in Jerusalem. He composed the books of Proverbs, E…
Rav Chisda
217 – 309
Rav Chisda, head of the academy of Sura. He was a disciple of Rav and Shmuel, and was renowned for his wisdom …
Moses our Teacher
Moses • Moses son of Amram
1393 BCE – 1273 BCE
Moses our Teacher was the greatest of the prophets, the leader of the Children of Israel in the Exodus from Eg…
Simeon the Righteous
Simeon son of Yohanan • High Priest
350 BCE – 270 BCE
Simeon the Righteous, one of the last surviving members of the Great Assembly, served as High Priest. It was s…
Abaye
Nachmani
278 – 338
Abaye (Nachmani) was the head of the academy of Pumbedita, a disciple of Rav Chisda, and the contemporary and …
Rav Sherira Gaon
Sherira ben Hananiah
906 – 1006
Rav Sherira Gaon, Gaon of the Pumbedita academy, authored the famous Epistle on the order of the generations a…
Rav Ashi
335 – 427
Rav Ashi, head of the academy of Sura-Mata Mehasya, was among the foremost sages involved in the completion of…
Rav Huna
212 – 297
Rav Huna served as head of the Sura academy after Rav. He was a disciple of Rav and of Shmuel, and was renowne…
Ezekiel the Prophet
Ezekiel • Ezekiel ben Buzi
622 BCE – 570 BCE
Ezekiel the Prophet, one of the greatest of the prophets, prophesied in Babylon during the exile. He beheld th…
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…
Rabban Gamliel
Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh • Rabban Gamliel beRabbi
100 – 180
Rabban Gamliel beRabbi, the son of Rabbi Judah the Patriarch, served as Nasi after his father. He led the peop…
Hillel the Elder
Hillel • Hillel of Babylon • Hillel the Babylonian
110 BCE – 10
Hillel the Elder was among the greatest sages in all of Jewish history — the last President (Nasi) of the Sanh…