This is a list of prominent rabbis , Rabbinic Judaism 's spiritual and religious leaders.
See also : List of Jews .
Mishnaic period (ca. 70–200 CE) Rabbi Akiva Yohanan ben Zakkai (1st century CE) 1st-century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah , the first Jewish sage attributed the title of rabbi in the Mishnah.[1] Shimon ben Gamliel , was a sage and served as the nasi of the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem. (c. 10 BCE–70 CE)Judah Ben Bava , was a 2nd-century tana that was known as "the Ḥasid."Rabban Gamaliel II , was the first person to lead the Sanhedrin as nasi after the fall of the Second Temple .(?–c. 118)Rabbi Akiva or Akiva ben Yosef (c. 50–28 September 135 CE) 1st-century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah Joshua ben Hananiah , was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Second Temple .(?–131 CE)Eliezer ben Hurcanus was one of the most prominent sages of the 1st and 2nd centuries.Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha , was given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" and was a rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuriesEleazar ben Arach was a tana in the 2nd-century.Eliezer ben Jose (2nd century CE), the son of Jose the Galilean , famous for Baraita of thirty-two mitzvoth, and father of Rabbi HananiahYose HaKohen , 2nd century student of Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai Rabbi Tarfon , member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Second Temple (70 AD) and the fall of Betar (135 AD).Rabbi Meir (2nd century) considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163)Shimon bar Yochai (2nd-century) Jewish mystic , traditional author of the Zohar Judah ha-Nasi (c. 135 to 217 CE) 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
Talmudic period (ca. 200–500 CE) Samuel of Nehardea , Amora in Babylonia, physician (c.165–254)Abba Arikha , Amora in Babylonia (175–247)Johanan bar Nappaha , primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud (180–279)Bar Kappara Shimon ben Lakish , Amora in Judea (c.200–c.275)Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century), headed the school of Lod.Samuel ben Nahman Shila of Kefar Tamarta Judah II , sage, also called Judah Nesi'ah, in Judea, Nasi (230–270)Rabbah bar Nahmani , Talmudist in Babylonia (c.270–c.330)Hillel, son of Gamaliel III , younger brother of Judah II, in Judea (before 280)Rabbi Ammi Rabbi Assi Hanina ben Pappa Rav Nachman , Talmudist in Babylonia (?–320)Raba bar Rav Huna Rami bar Hama Rav Shmuel bar Yehudah Abbahu , Talmudist in Palestine (c.279–320)Rava, Amora in Babylonia (c.280–352) Judah III , scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, Nasi (290–320)Abaye , Talmudist in Babylonia (?–337)Rabbi Jonah , Amora in Palestine (before 340)Hamnuna – Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name (3rd and 4th century)Rav Papa , Amora in Babylon (c.300–375)Hillel II , creator of the Hebrew calendar, son of Judah II, in Judea, Nasi (320–365)Isaac Nappaha Anani ben Sason Ravina I , primary aide to Rav Ashi in Babylonia (?–420)Rav Ashi , sage, primary redactor of the Talmud in Babylonia (352–427)Ravina II , Amora in Babylonia (?–499)
Middle Ages (ca. 500–1500 CE) Rashi Abba Mari , (Minhat Kenaot ), 13th-century French TalmudistAbraham ibn Daud , (c. 1110–c.1180), author of Sefer ha-Qabbalah Abraham ben David of Posquières , (c. 1125–1198) 12th century, FranceAbraham ibn Ezra , (Even Ezra ), (1089–1164) 12th-century Spanish-North African biblical commentatorAbdullah ibn Saba' , Rabbi convert to Islam, considered central figure in the configuration of Shia Islam .Abdullah ibn Salam , (550–630) rabbi, converted to Islam and was a companion of Islam's founder, Muhammad David Abudirham , 14th century rabbi in Seville. Authored the Sefer Abudarham on explanation of Sefardi liturgy and customs. Completed c. 1339Amram Gaon , (?–875) 9th-century organizer of the siddur (prayer book)Asher ben Jehiel , (Rosh ), (c. 1259–1327) 13th-century German-Spanish TalmudistSimeon bar Isaac , 11th century French rabbiYom Tov of Falaise 11th-century French rabbi, grandson of Rashi Samson ben Joseph of Falaise , 11th century French rabbiJudah ben Yom Tov 11th century French rabbiMoses ben Kalonymus , 11th century Italian liturgical poet who moved to Mainz Bahya ibn Paquda , (Hovot ha-Levavot ), 11th-century Spanish philosopher and moralistChananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel ), (990–1053) 10th-century Tunisian TalmudistMeshullam ben Kalonymus (~950 – ~1010), Rabbi, posek, commentator on the Mishnah, and PaytanDavid ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra , (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva and chief rabbiDavid Kimhi , (Radak ), (1160–1235), born in Narbonne, was a biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarianDunash ben Labrat , (920–990) 10th-century grammarian and poetEleazar Kalir , (c.570–c.640) early Talmudic liturgist and poetRabbi Abin ha-Gadol , 10th century French rabbiEleazar of Worms , (Sefer HaRokeach ), (1176–1238) 12th-century German rabbinic scholarSolomon ben Meir , 12th century French rabbiElijah of Paris , 12th-century French rabbiJudah ben Nathan , 12th century bible commentator, son-in-law of Rashi , also known as RivanEliezer ben Nathan , (1090–1170) 12th-century poet and pietistHaim ben Hananel HaCohen (Tosafist) Rabbenu Gershom , (c.960–c.1040) 11th-century German Talmudist and legalistGersonides , Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag ), (1288–1344) 14th-century French Talmudist and philosopherHasdai Crescas , (Or Hashem ), (c. 1370–c.1411) 14th-century Talmudist and philosopherHillel ben Eliakim , (Rabbeinu Hillel ), 12th-century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi Ibn Tibbon , a family of 12th and 13th-century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leadersDon Isaac Abravanel , (Abarbanel ), (1437–1508) 15th-century philosopher, Talmudist and Torah commentator. Also a court advisor and in charge of Finance to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.Isaac Alfasi , (the Rif ), (1013–1103) 12th-century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot"Israel Isserlein (Terumat Hadeshen ), (1390–1460) 15th-century, the most influential rabbi of the Empire in the second third of the 15th century and the last great rabbi of medieval Austria Jacob ben Asher , (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim ), (c. 1269–c.1343) 14th-century German-Spanish HalakhistJacob Berab , (1474–1546) 15th–16th-century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)Joseph Albo , (Sefer Ikkarim ), (c. 1380–1444) 15th-century SpainJoseph ibn Migash (1077–1141) 12th-century Spanish Talmudist and rosh yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides Judah ben Joseph ibn Bulat (c. 1500–1550), Spanish Talmudist and rabbiKa'ab al-Ahbar , Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ben Mati, (?–652/653) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam.Maimonides Maimonides , Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam ), (1138–1204) 12th-century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifierMeir ben Samuel (c. 1060–1135) known by the Hebrew acronym (RaM ) was a French rabbi and tosafistMenachem Meiri (HaMeiri ), (1249–1315) famous Catalan rabbi , Talmudist and Maimonidean , author of the Beit HaBechirah Mordecai ben Hillel , (The Mordechai ), (c. 1250–1298) 13th-century German HalakhistNachmanides Moses de Leon , Moshe ben Shem-tov, (1240–1305) 13th-century Spanish Kabbalist and the actual author of The ZoharNachmanides , Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban ), (1194–1270) 13th-century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and TalmudistNissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon ), (990–1062) 10th-century Tunisian TalmudistNissim of Gerona , (RaN ), (1320–1376) 14th-century Halakhist , Talmudist and physician Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura ), (c. 1445–c.1515) 15th-century commentator on the Mishnah Ra'ah (1235–c. 1290), was a medieval rabbi, Talmudic scholar and Halakhist , student of the Ramban and colleague of the Rashba Rashbam , (Samuel ben Meir), (1085–1158) French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi"Rashi , (Solomon ben Yitzchak), (1040–1105) 11th-century Talmudist, primary commentator of the Talmud Saadia Gaon , (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur ), (c.882–942) 10th-century exilarch and leader of Babylonian JewrySamuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon , (c. 1150–c.1230) 12th–13th-century French Maimonidean philosopher and translatorShlomo ben Avraham ibn Aderet (1235–1310), medieval rabbi, halakhist , and Talmudist , known as the Rashba, student of the Ramban and Rabbeinu Yonah Solomon ben Abraham Min Hahar , a Provençal rabbi and Talmudist of the first half of the 13th century, rabbi at Montpellier , leader of the movement against Maimonides , teacher of Yonah Gerondi Tosafists , (Tosfot ) 11th, 12th and 13th-century Talmudic scholars in France and GermanyYehuda Halevi , (Kuzari ), (c. 1175–1241) 12th-century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to ZionYom Tov Asevilli (c. 1260–c. 1314), known as the Ritva, medieval rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Seville, Talmudist , student of the Rashba and the Ra'ah Yonah Gerondi (d. 1264), Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of Nahmanides , author of the ethical work, The Gates of Repentance (שערי תשובה)
16th–17th centuries Joseph ben Ephraim Karo Moses Isserles Judah Loew ben Bezalel Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1699), 17th-century Sephardic scholar in EnglandJacob Abendana (c. 1630–1685), 17th-century Sephardic rabbi in EnglandIsaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), 17th-century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first rabbi in the AmericasAbraham Amigo (c. 1610–c. 1683), Judean rabbiBezalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520–c.1592), (Shittah Mekubetzet ), 16th-century TalmudistTzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), author of Chacham Tzvi Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair 1639–1702), 17th-century German TalmudistMenahem ben Moshe Bavli (Ta'amei Ha-Misvot , 1571), 16th-century rabbiAbraham ben Saul Broda (c. 1640–1717), Bohemian TalmudistNaphtali Cohen (1649–1718), Russo-German rabbi and KabbalistMoses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK, 1522–1570), 16th-century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholarSamuel Edels (Mahrsha , 1555–1631), 16th-century TalmudistKalonymus Haberkasten , 16th-century Polish rabbiDavid HaLevi Segal , (Taz , 1586–1667, 16th-century Halakhist, major commentary on the Shulchan Aruch Aaron Ezekiel Harif , 17th-century Hungarian rabbiAbraham Cohen de Herrera (RabACH, c.1570–c.1635), 16th-century Kabbalist and philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel , (1615–1690), 17th-century Lithuanian scholarIsaiah Horowitz (Shlah , c.1565–1632) 16th-century Kabbalist and Author, Eastern Europe and IsraelMoshe Isserles (Rema , 1520–1572), 16th-century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch )Yosef Karo (Mechaber , 1488–1575), 16th-century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch Meir ben Isaac (1482–1565) and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (1521–1597) of Padua Elijah Loans (1555–1636), 16th–17th-century German rabbi and KabbalistJudah Low ben Bezalel (Maharal , 1512–1609), 16th-century Prague mystic and TalmudistMeir of Lublin (Maharam , 1558–1616), 16th-century Posek and TalmudistShlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (1550–1619), 16th–17th-century Torah commentatorIsaac Luria (1534–1572) (Ari , 1534–1572), 16th-century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic KabbalahSolomon Luria (Maharshal , 1510–1573), 16th-century Posek and TalmudistMenasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), 17th-century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in EnglandDavid Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica) (1591–1657), Dutch rabbi, born in SalonicaDavid Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam) , translator of Joseph Pardo's (his father) Shulchan Tahor into SpanishJoseph Pardo (rabbi) (c. 1561–1619), Italian rabbi and merchantMichael ben Moses Kohen , 16th-century Palestinian rabbi and liturgistMoses ha-Levi ha-Nazir , 16th-century rabbiSamuel Schotten (1644–1719), 17th-century rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-DarmstadtShalom Shachna (1495–1558), 16th-century Polish Talmudist, Rosh Yeshiva of several great Acharonim Sforno , 15th, 16th, and 17th-century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophersObadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno , 1475–1550), 16th-century Italian scholar and rationalistHayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542–1620), 16th-century KabbalistMordecai Yoffe ("Levush", c.1530–1612), 16th–17th-century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha Hayyim Abraham Israel ben Benjamin Ze’evi (c.1650–1731) Palestinian rabbiEphraim Zalman Shor , (c.1550–1633) Czech rabbiSimcha Rappaport (1650–1718), Ukrainian rabbiDaniel Da Pisa , 16th century head of Rome's Jewish community
18th century Vilna Gaon Shneur Zalman of Liadi David Nieto (1654–1728), English rabbiAaron Hart (1670–1756), Chief Rabbi of Great BritainJacob Emden (1697–1776), German Talmudist and mysticNachman of Horodenka (?–1765), Hasidic leaderIsrael ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov , 1700–1760), mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism Isaac Nieto (1702–1774), English rabbiMoshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal , 1707–1746), Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mysticHayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782) rabbi, Practical Kabbalist and alchemist Dovber of Mezritch (1710–1772), (Maggid ), Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov Yechezkel Landau (Noda Bihudah , 1713–1793), Posek and TalmudistElimelech of Lizhensk , (Noam Elimelech , 1717–1787), Polish mystic and HasidElijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra , 1720–1797), Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim , opponent of Hasidism Shalom Sharabi (1720–1777), Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist Hart Lyon (1721–1800), Chief Rabbi of Great BritainChaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida , 1724–1806), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographerDavid Hassine (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poetHaim Isaac Carigal (1733–1777), rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles , and therefore on Yale University Aharon of Karlin (I) (1736–1772), Hassidic leaderLevi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Kedushas Leivi , 1740–1809) Polish Hassidic LeaderShneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), (Alter Rebbe of Chabad ), mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe Aryeh Leib Heller ( 1745–1812), "the Ketzos," Talmudist and Halachist in Galicia , author of the Ketzos Hachoshen and the Avnei Miluim Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821), rabbi in Meknes Chaim Ickovits (1749–1821), founder of the Volozhin Yeshiva , author of the Nefesh Ha-Chaim Jacob Pardo , rabbi of Ragusa and SpalatoJoseph Ergas (c1685–1730), Italian kabbalistChaim Ben Attar (the elder) d. 1720Chaim ibn Attar (1696–1743), author of Or ha-Ḥayyim commentary on the Torah
Orthodox rabbis
19th century Netziv Ben Ish Chai Tzemach Tzedek Liebman Adler (1812–1892), noted abolitionist and rabbi at Temple Beth El (Detroit) , the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan, and KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, the oldest Jewish congregation in IllinoisAaron of Pinsk (?–1841), author of Tosafot Aharon Barnett Abrahams (1831–1863), dayan , Principal of Jews' College , LondonYaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt (1765–1837), German and Hungarian rabbiAbraham ben Gedaliah Tiktin (1764–1820), Rabbi of BreslauShimon Agassi (1852–1914), Iraqi Hakham and KabbalistNathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Hassidic leaderJudah Alkalai (1798–1878), Sephardic rabbi , one of the influential precursors of modern Zionism Avraham Eliezer Alperstein (1853–1917), rosh yeshiva of RIETS , publisher, communal leader and Talmudic scholar, one of the founders of the Agudath Harabbonim Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905), (Sfas Emes ) Gerrer RebbeBenjamin Artom (1835–1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese JewsSalomon Berdugo (1854–1906), rabbi in Meknes Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893), (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar ) rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva , son-in-law of Yitzhak of Volozhin Yehuda Bibas (1789–1852), Sephardic rabbi , rabbi of Corfu , the first of the precursors of modern Zionism Avrohom Bornsztain (1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer ), founder and first rebbe of the Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty Lelio Cantoni (1802–1857), Italian writerZvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), (Maharatz Chayes ), Galician Talmudic scholarYosef Chayim (1835–1909), the Ben Ish Hai , Iraqi halakhist and preacherYehoshua Leib Diskin (1818–1898), rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and JerusalemAkiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist and communal leaderYechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), (Aruch ha-Shulchan ) 19th–20th-century halakhist and posek (decisor)Jacob Ettlinger (1798–1871), German scholar, author of the Aruch La-Ner, fierce opponent of Reform Judaism Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first rebbe of Boyan Shlomo Ganzfried (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch , 1804–1886), posekChaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, GaliciaMoshe Greenwald (1853–1910), rabbi of Chust , Hungary and founder of the Puppa Hasidic dynastyLazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian writer, educator and Zionist political activist, representative of the Mizrachi movement in the Zionist Congress Shlomo HaKohen (1828–1905), famed Av Beis Din and Posek of Vilna , editor of the Vilna Edition Shas , supporter of the Mizrachi Religious Zionism movementSolomon Herschell (1762–1842), British Chief RabbiAzriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899), philosopher , a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism Abraham Hillel (1820–1920), Chief Rabbi of BaghdadSamson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movementDavid Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921), Torah Scholar who headed the Yeshiva in Berlin , published research on the Chumash and Mishnah , expert in Midrash halakha and a halakhic authority Márkus Horovitz (1844–1910), Hungarian historian and writer, rabbi of Lauenburg , Gnesen and Frankfurt am Main Yitzchak Ickovits (1780–1849), rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva, son of Chaim of Volozhin Jacob Joseph (1840–1902), rabbi of Vilon , Yurburg , Zhagory and Kovno , Chief Rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, helped found the Etz Chaim Yeshiva on the Lower East Side Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), German author who expressed views, from a religious perspective, in favor of the Jewish re-settlement of the Land of Israel , which predate Theodor Herzl and the Zionist movementNachum Kaplan (1811–1879), Lithuanian Talmudist, philanthropist and Talmid Chacham Abraham Lichtstein , Av Beit Din of Przasnysz , PolandIsrael Lipschitz (1782–1860), leading Ashkenazi first in Dessau and then in the Jewish Community of Danzig , author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the Mishnah Jacob of Lissa (1760–1832), Galician HalakhistSamuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), (also known as Shadal ) Italian scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movementChaim Hezekiah Medini (1834–1904), Chief Rabbi of Hebron , author of Sdei Chemed, Posek and Talmudic scholar, composer of Piyutim Raphael Meldola (1754–1828), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in LondonFrederick de Sola Mendes (1850–1927), Sephardic rabbi in London and AmericaMeir Lob ben Yechiel Michael (1809–1879), (The Malbim ), Russian-born Hebrew grammarian , known for his novel commentary on much of Tanach Samuel Mohilever (1824–1898), pioneer of Religious Zionism and one of the founders of the Hovevei Zion movementNachman of Breslov (1772–1810), (Rebbe Nachman ), Ukrainian Hasidic and mysticNathan of Breslov (1780–1844), known as Reb Noson, was the chief disciple and scribe of Nachman of BreslovAvrohom Chaim Oppenheim (1796?–1824), rabbi at Pécs, Hungary .Eliezer Papo (1785–1828), Pele Yoetz , rabbi of the community of Selestria , Bulgaria Moses Pardo (?–1888), Jerusalem-born rabbi of Alexandria Yechiel Michel Pines (1824–1913), Russian -born religious Zionist writer, and community leader in the Old Yishuv Yitzhak Isaac Halevy Rabinowitz (1847–1914), Jewish historian, and founder of the Agudath Israel organizationSolomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (1786–1867), rabbi of Tarnopol and Prague , son-in-law of Aryeh Leib Heller Yitzchak Yaacov Reines (1839–1915), Lithuanian founder of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist Movement , a correspondent of Theodor Herzl Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick (1841–1912), educator, rosh yeshiva of Ohel Yitzhak in Suwałki , PolandYosef Altschul(1839–1908), haazan, improviser of jewish songs Shmuel Salant (1816–1909), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years, Talmudist and Torah scholarYisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810–1883), father of the Musar movement in Orthodox Judaism , rosh yeshiva and TalmudistZundel Salant (1786–1866), instrumental in founding the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem , the Bikur Cholim Hospital and Hevrah Kadisha , rabbi of Yisrael Salanter Dovber Schneuri (1773–1827), second Rebbe of LubavitchMenachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), (Tzemach Tzedek ), third rebbe of Lubavitch Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), fourth rebbe of LubavitchMoshe Schick (1807–1879), Hungarian posek known as Maharam Schick , author of Halachic responsa Refael Shapiro (1837–1921), rosh yeshiva of the Yeshivat Volozhin , author of Toras Refael , son-in-law of the Netziv , father-in-law of Chaim Soloveichik Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chasam Sofer ), Hungarian rabbiYaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Baghdadi author of Kaf ha-Chaim Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918), founder of the Brisker method , son of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) , son-in-law of Refael ShapiroYosef Dov Soloveitchik , (1820–1892) author of Beis Halevi (the title by which he is known among Talmudic scholars)Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (1817–1896), Russian posek and Talmudist, rabbi of Baresa , Nishvez , Novohrodo , Chief Rabbi of Kovno Hayyim Tyrer (1740–1817), Hasidic kabbalistSimcha Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), the Elder of Kelm, one of the early leaders of the Musar movement , founder and director of the Kelm Talmud Torah Aharon Azriel , 19th century kabbalist and head of Bet El Yeshiva
20th century
Religious-Zionist Abraham Isaac Kook Yehuda Amital Shlomo Goren Amram Aburbeh (1892–1966), Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva , Israel and author of Netivei Am Yehuda Amital (1924–2010), founding rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion , founder of the Meimad party, former member of the Israeli cabinet , creator of the Hesder Yeshiva conceptYitzhak Arieli (1896–1974), of the founders of Kiryat Shmuel and Neve Sha'anan , spiritual leader of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood, posek of Bikur Holim Hospital , mashgiach ruchani of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva Léon Ashkenazi (1922–1996), educator, Kabbalist , philosopher , spiritual leader of 20th century French Jewry Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949), Religious Zionist activist, author , leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and Mandatory Palestine Chaim Yitzchak Bloch (1864–1948), founder and rosh yeshiva of Plunge Yeshiva, rabbi of Palanga , the Bauska Jewish community and Jersey City , where he was also Av Beit Din Mordechai Breuer (1921–2007), Israeli expert on Tanach , descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch Henrik Bródy (1868–1942), rabbi of the congregation of Náchod , Bohemia and Chief Rabbi of Prague , leader of the Mizrachi movement in Czechoslovakia , author and editorShlomo Yosef Burg (1909–1999), German -born Israeli politician , one of the founders of the National Religious Party Yaakov Moshe Charlap (1882–1951), talmudist , kabbalist , rosh yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, rabbi of the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood, author of the Mei Marom series of books on Jewish thought Zwi Perez Chajes (1876–1927), historian , biblical scholar , rabbi of Florence , Trieste and Vienna , Chairman of the Zionist General Council David Cohen (1887–1972), rabbi, talmudist, philosopher and kabbalist, Jewish ascetic who accepted a Nazirite vow at the outbreak of WWIMordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Menachem Froman (1945–2013), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leadersAryeh Leib Frumkin (1845–1916), a founder and pioneer of Petah Tikva , the first moshava created in by the Jewish community , author of halachic texts, teacher, operator of a wine shop, great-grandfather of Jonathan Sacks Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924), Hungarian Talmudic scholar , author of the Dor Revi'i, C hief Rabbi of Klausenburg , a founder of Mizrachi , great-grandson of the Chassam Sofer Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces Ovadia Hedaya (1889–1969), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue , recipient of the Israel Prize in rabbinical literatureChaim Hirschensohn (1857–1935), prolific author, rabbi, thinker and early proponent of Religious Zionism , Chief rabbi of Hoboken, New Jersey Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (1966–2000), Israeli leader of the Kahane Chai party and son of rabbi Meir Kahane Meir Kahane (1932–1990), founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party, rosh yeshiva of Haraayon Hayehudi yeshiva, JerusalemIsrael Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945), Polish Canadian Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Winnipeg and Western Canada for nearly 40 years, Talmudist and Zionist activist, founding member of the Canadian Jewish Congress Reuvein Margolies (1889–1971), Israeli author, Talmudic scholar, head of the Rambam library, recipient of the Israel Prize for his work on rabbinic literature Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895–1983), Polish-born Israeli, author of the Torah Sheleimah , founder and rosh yeshiva of the Sfas Emes Yeshiva , recipient of the Israel Prize in rabbinic literaturePinchas Kehati (1910–1976), Polish Israeli teacher and author, author of Mishnayot Mevoarot, ("Explained Mishnayot ")Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine , philosopher and Kabbalist , founding rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav YeshivaZvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz Harav, son of Abraham Isaac Kook Aryeh Levin (1885–1969), Mashgiach of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem , activist known as the "Father of Prisoners" and the "Tzadik of Jerusalem "Moshe Levinger (1935–2015), one of the principals of Gush Emunim , led Jewish settlement in Hebron , helped establish Kiryat Arba Pinchas HaKohen Lintup (1851–1924), Religious Zionist Lithuanian rabbi , teacher, Kabbalist , spiritual leader of the Hasidic community of Biržai Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875–1962), Israeli politician, Israel's first Minister of Religions , leader of Mizrachi in Israel, founder of Mossad HaRav Kook Zvi Hirsch Masliansky (1856–1943), lecturer, writer and Zionist , charter member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Moshe Tzvi Neria (1913–1995), head of the Bnei Akiva YeshivotMenachem Porush (1916–2010), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat YisraelYosef Qafih (1917–2000), Yemenite -Israeli authority on Jewish religious law (halakha ), a dayan of the Supreme Rabbinical Court in Israel Avraham Shapira (1914–2007), Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel , Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz haRav yeshiva Gedaliah Silverstone (1871–1944), author in the United States , rabbi of Ohev Sholom Congregation in Washington, D.C. and Kesher Israel Congregation in Georgetown , vice president of the Agudath Harabbonim Isser Yehuda Unterman (1886–1976), Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, third Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv , leader of the Mizrachi Movement Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), first Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yehuda Leib Don Yihye (1869–1941), Hassid and student of Volozhin Yeshiva affiliated with the Mizrachi Movement Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995), rabbi of moshav Kfar Haroeh , Dayan in the Supreme religious court of Israel, member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel , rosh yeshiva at Mercaz HaRav, recipient of the Israel Prize in Judaic Studies
Haredi Alter of Slabodka Menachem Mendel Schneerson Moshe Feinstein Isser Zalman Meltzer Yehezkel Abramsky (1886–1976), author of Chazon Yehezkel Yisrael Abuhatzeira (1889–1984), KabbalistNisson Alpert (1927–1986), rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the first Rosh Kollel of its Kollel L’Horaah — Yadin-YadinGedaliah Anemer (1933-2010), rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Greater Washington and posek Baruch Ashlag (1907–1991), Hasidic rebbe , Kabbalist , author , firstborn and successor of Yehuda Ashlag Yehuda Ashlag (1885–1954), Hasidic rebbe, kabbalist , author of the Baal Ha-Sulam on the Zohar and of Talmud Eser Sefirot Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910–1995), Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek , and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis , author of Leflagos Reuven Shmuel Berenbaum (1920–2008), rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Brooklyn , New YorkAbba Berman (1919–2005), Talmudist and rosh yeshiva, one of the founding members of the Mir Yeshiva in BrooklynAmram Blau (1894–1974), Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the fiercely anti-Zionist Neturei Karta Shmuel Bornsztain (1855–1926), Shem Mishmuel , Second Sochatchover RebbeEliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953), (Michtav Me'Eliyahu ) religious philosopher and ethicistYosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of DushinskyBaruch Epstein (1860–1941), (Torah Temimah ), Lithuanian Torah commentatorMoshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), (Levush Mordechai ), Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka yeshiva Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), (Igrot Moshe ), Russian-American legal scholar and TalmudistTzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), (Kerem HaTzvi ), author, leader and scholarNosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), (Alter / Sabba ), early 20th-century founder of Slabodka yeshiva, LithuaniaEliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva in Poland, son of Nosson Tzvi Finkel Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New YorkRogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leaderChaim Yaakov Goldvicht (1924–1994), founding rosh yeshiva of the first Hesder yeshiva , Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Boruch Greenfeld (1872–1956), (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater ), Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald (1882–1941), rabbi in Pápa, Hungary, author of Vayageid Yaakov Yosef Greenwald (1903–1984), (Pupa Rav ) author of Vaychi Yosef Yerucham Gorelick (19911–1983), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for forty years (1943–1983)Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), pre-eminent Av beis din (rabbinical chief justice), posek (halakhic authority) and Talmudic scholar in Vilnius , Lithuania Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe, killed by the Nazis in 1941Shalom Hedaya (1864–1944), head of the Beit Din for Sephardic Jews in Jerusalem, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue and was given the title Harav Hachasid Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980), (Pachad Yitzchok ), European-born, American and Israeli rosh yeshivaYisrael Meir Kagan (1839–1933), (Chofetz Chaim ), posek, and ethicist , compiler of classic works. Born and lived in Poland. Wrote the Mishnah Berurah , a work on Jewish Law.Aharon ben Yosef ha-Kohen , son-in-law of Chofetz Chaim (1863 – 1936)Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), rabbinical leader and educationalistYaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), ("Steipler Gaon"), Ukrainian-born scholarAryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), (Living Torah ) writer and mysticAvraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878–1953), (Chazon Ish ) Haredi leader in IsraelChaim Mordechai Katz (1894–1964), rosh yeshiva of the Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), last rabbi of Ansbach , a founder and executive director of World Agudath Israel Aharon Kotler (1891–1962), Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in the United StatesChaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001), long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)Yechezkel Levenstein (1885–1974), mashgiach ruchani of the Mir Yeshiva in PolandBoruch Ber Leibowitz (1862–1939), Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak Gershon Liebman (1905–1997), leader of the Novardok Yeshiva movement in France Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993), rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for almost fifty years, President of the Ezras Torah Fund Elyah Lopian (1876–1970), known as Reb Elyah, prominent in the Mussar MovementIsser Zalman Meltzer (1870–1953), renowned Lithuanian Rosh YeshivaShraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas , one of the founders of Torah U'Mesorah Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), (Ohr Somayach ; Meshech Chochmah ) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leaderShulem Moshkovitz (1877–1958), Hasidic rebbe in LondonYisroel Ber Odesser (1888–1994), Breslover Hasid and rabbiChanoch Dov Padwa (1908–2000), (Cheishev Ho'ephod ), rabbinical head of UOHC, LondonNochum Partzovitz (?–1986), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir , grandson of Shlomo HaKohen Shlomo Polachek (1877–1928), Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and its Yeshiva College , one of the earliest rosh yeshiva in AmericaEliezer Poupko (1886–1961), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Velizh , Russia , honorary president and a member of the executive board of the Agudath Harabonim , father of Baruch Poupko Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909–2001), author of Da'as Sofrim on Tanach and other commentariesSolomon "Shlomo" Nidam Moroccan rabbi from Meknes, Morocco Yaacov Choukroun Moroccan rabbi from Meknes, Morocco David Rappoport (1890–1941), rosh yeshiva of the Baranovich Yeshiva Mnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi of Kazan , Kabbalist, rabbi and Av Beit Din of the Congregations of Brooklyn, author of numerous works on Halakha , Aggadah , Biblical commentaries, Divrei Torah and responsa Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984), rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War IIMoshe Rosenstain (1881–1940), mashgiach ruchani of the Lomza Yeshiva in PolandMenachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Rebbe of LubavitchSholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860–1920), fifth Rebbe of LubavitchYosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Rebbe of LubavitchJoseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick (1882–1937), British rabbiMoshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), Av Beth Din of Łomża , rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in AmericaSimcha Sheps (1908–1998), rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath Shimon Shkop (1860–1939), Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno in Europe and in Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz (1902–1979), faculty member and rosh yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva Berel Soloveitchik (1925–1981), rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem, son of Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941), rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, eldest son of Chaim Soloveitchik , father of Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Ahron Soloveichik Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886–1959), the “Brisker Rov,” rosh yeshiva of the Brisk Yeshiva in JerusalemYosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848–1932), rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis community in Jerusalem during the British Mandate of PalestineElya Svei (1924–2009), rosh yeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), (Satmar Rebbe ), Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for strong anti-Zionist positionsPinchas Mordechai Teitz (1908–1995), prominent Orthodox rabbi, educator and radio broadcaster in Elizabeth, New Jersey Eliezer Waldenberg (1915–2006), Posek and Dayan in Jerusalem, a leading authority on medicine and Jewish law, author of the Tzitz Eliezer , recipient of the Israel Prize for Rabbinical studiesElchonon Wasserman (1874–1941) Prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Europe. One of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a Torah scholar.Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903–1957), (Min HaMeitzar ) European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust Gershon Yankelewitz (1909–2014), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for over 50 years, one of the last remaining original Mirrer students, "Alter Mirrers"
Modern Orthodox Bernard Revel Aharon Lichtenstein Norman Lamm Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire Michael Adler (1868–1944), English Orthodox rabbi, an Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front during the First World War Samuel Belkin (1911–1976), second President of Yeshiva University , distinguished Torah scholar and authorMeir Berlin (1880–1949), (Bar Ilan ) religious Zionist leaderEliezer Berkovits (1908–1992) Talmudic scholar and philosopherHerbert Bomzer (1927–2013), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and community leaderIsrael Brodie (1895–1979), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and CommonwealthEli Cashdan (1905–1998), British Orthodox rabbi, chaplain in the Royal Air Force during World War II , a senior lecturer at Jews' College and a prominent writerFrancis Lyon Cohen (1862–1934), English Orthodox rabbi, author and expert on Hebrew music, music editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia , invented the concept of the Jewish Lads' Brigade , the first Jewish chaplain in the British Army , Chief Minister of the Great Synagogue in Sydney , AustraliaIsaac Cohen (1914–2007), Talmudic scholar and Chief Rabbi of Ireland for 20 yearsJoseph Ehrenkranz (1926–2014), North American Orthodox rabbi involved in interfaith dialogue , community leaderEphraim Epstein (1876–1960), congregational Orthodox rabbi and prominent member of the Jewish community in Chicago , Talmud scholarIsidore Epstein (1894–1962), Principal of Jews' College in London Yaakov Fishman (1913–1983), Chief Rabbi of Moscow and the Moscow Choral Synagogue Mavro Frankfurter (1875–1942), Croatian rabbi of the Vinkovci Synagogue who was murdered during the Holocaust by the Ustashas at the Jasenovac concentration camp Harry Freedman (1901–1982), author , translator and teacher at Yeshiva University Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1903–1943), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb , Croatia , rabbi of the Zagreb Synagogue , Zionist , translator, writer, spiritual leader, educated as a lawyer and Doctor of Theology , rescued many Jews out of Croatia during the Holocaust , murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau Israel Friedlander (1876–1920), educator, translator, biblical scholar, a founding adviser to a lecture series that became the Young Israel movement of Modern Orthodox Judaism Moses Gaster (1856–1939), a religious and secular scholar who was Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain as well as president of The Folklore Society , Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society , and pioneering activist for Zionism [2] Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and professorDavid Hartman (1931–2013), philosopher, author, and founder of Shalom Hartman Institute in JerusalemJoseph H. Hertz (1872–1946), Chief Rabbi of the British EmpireShmuel Yitzchak Hillman (1868–1953), British rabbi and dayanJacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Chief Rabbi of Radauti , rabbi of Frankfurt am Main , helped found the Manhattan Day School , Zionist activist involved in the Mizrachi movementMoses Hyamson (1862–1949), head Dayan of the London Beth Din , Chief Rabbi of the British Empire , Hebrew scholar, author, translator, leader and erudite speakerHosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb , Croatia and rabbi of the Zagreb Synagogue for 58 years, founded and headed a Jewish Elementary School , taught Hebrew and Jewish studies in high-schools, established Jewish-Women organizations, active in social welfare projects, wrote the first ever Jewish studies text-books in Croatian Immanuel Jakobovits (1921–1999), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicistLeo Jung (1892–1987), one of the major architects of American Orthodox Judaism , "Grandfather of Modern Orthodoxy ," teacher of ethics and homiletics at Yeshiva University Joseph Kaminetsky (1911–1999), American Modern Orthodox /Yeshivish rabbi, pioneering first director of Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools of North America , directly responsible for the establishment of hundreds of yeshiva day schools across the United States Norman Lamm (1927–2020), scholar, academic administrator, author and Jewish community leader; President, Rosh Yeshiva and Chancellor of Yeshiva University Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion , and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University 's Gruss Kollel, son-in-law of Joseph B. Soloveitchik , father of Mosheh Lichtenstein Zvulun Lieberman (1930–2012), Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS , communal spiritual leader, head of the Syrian Community Bet Din and the Vaad Harabonim of FlatbushJoseph Lookstein (1902–1979), rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun , President of the Rabbinical Council of America , of the Synagogue Council of America , of the New York Board of Rabbis of Bar-Ilan University and founder of the Ramaz School Mojsije Margel (1875–1939), rabbi of Zagreb , lexicographer , teacher and Hebrew scholarMoses Mescheloff (1909–2008), Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, Miami Beach and ChicagoChalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of Paris Solomon Mestel (1886–1966), British -Australian community rabbi, translatorJacob Itzhak Niemirower (1872–1939), first Chief Rabbi of Romanian Jewry , member of the Romanian Senate , supporter of Zionism , fighter against antisemitism , theologian, philosopher and historianPinchas Hacohen Peli (1930–1989), Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, essayist, poet and scholar of Judaism and Jewish philosophy , Professor of Jewish Thought and Literature at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , a visiting professor at Yeshiva University , Cornell University , University of Notre Dame , the Seminario Rabbinico in Argentina and the Makuya Bible Seminary in JapanBaruch Poupko (1917–2010), American multi-lingual scholar, author and lecturer, National Vice President of the Rabbinical Council of America , National President of the Religious Zionists of America , son of Eliezer Poupko Emanuel Rackman (1910–2008), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, held pulpits in major congregations, helped draw attention to the plight of Refuseniks in the then-Soviet Union , attempted to resolve the dilemma of the Agunah , President of Bar-Ilan University Max D. Raiskin (1919–1978), rabbi, Professor of Hebrew Literature at Brooklyn College and Hunter College , licensed Certified Public Accountant , educator, author of educational textbooks, principal and executive director of the East Side Hebrew Institute Bernard Revel (1885–1940), Orthodox rabbi and scholar, founding President and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva College and RIETS Kopul Rosen (1913–1962), Anglo-Jewish rabbi and educationalist, rabbi of Glasgow , Principal Rabbi of the Federation of Synagogues in LondonMichael Rosen (1945–2008), British-born Israeli rabbi and founder of Yakar, a Jewish learning community and synagogue , son of Kopul Rosen Moses Rosen (1912–1994), Chief Rabbi of Romanian Jewry, President of the Council of the Jewish Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv Alexandru Șafran (1910–2006), Romanian -Swiss rabbi, theologian, philosopher, historian, Kabbalist , Chief Rabbi of Romania , intervened with authorities in the fascist government of Ion Antonescu in an unusually successful attempt to save Jews during the Holocaust Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American Orthodox rabbi and Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations , chaplain in the Third Army 's VIII Corps , the first US Army Chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp , rabbi of the Mosholu Jewish Center in the Bronx Melech Schachter (1913–2007), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University for over 50 years, father of Hershel Schachter Shlomo Shleifer (1889–1957), a government appointee, sustained the Choral Synagogue in Moscow during the worst years of Stalinist repression against JewsSimeon Singer (1846–1906), editor of the United Synagogue prayer bookAhron Soloveichik (1917–2001), Talmudist and rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), distinguished Rosh Yeshiva of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Maimonides School , author, posek , modern Jewish philosopher, a seminal figure in Modern Orthodox Judaism Isadore Twersky (1930–1997), Orthodox rabbi, Hasidic Rebbe , university professor at Harvard University , internationally recognized authority on rabbinic literature and Jewish philosophy Simon Ungar (1864–1942), Doctor of Oriental medicine , Chief Rabbi of the Osijek Jewish Community in Croatia who was murdered in the Holocaust Hinko Urbach (1872–1960), Chief Rabbi of Zagreb , Croatia , World War I veteran and Holocaust survivor Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013), American rabbi, academic and community leader, Vice President of the Religious Zionists of America , led the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph congregation, the only rabbi chaplain of the Colorado Senate , Professor of Jewish history at the University of Denver Louis Werfel (1916–1943), a recipient of Semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and a Harvard University alumnus, a Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionist rabbi, the only Orthodox Rabbi killed in action during World War II Ephraim Wolf (1921–2004), American Orthodox rabbi and spiritual leader, active in the founding and growth of many Jewish educational and communal institutions including the North Shore Hebrew Academy Walter Wurzburger (1920–2002), Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University , headed both the Rabbinical Council of America and the Synagogue Council of America , author and communal rabbi in Toronto , Canada and Lawrence , New York
Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Religious-Zionist Yisrael Meir Lau Shlomo Amar Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlomo Amar (1948–), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of IsraelHaim Amsalem (1959–), former member of Knesset who focused on making conversion to Judaism easierYaakov Ariel (1937–), Chief Rabbi of Ramat Gan , former rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in the abandoned Israeli settlement of Yamit , rabbi of Kfar Maimon Yisrael Ariel (1939–), founder of the Temple Institute and one of the liberators of the Western Wall in the Six-Day War Shlomo Aviner (1943–), rosh yeshiva of the Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem , rabbi of Bet El David Bar-Hayim (1960–), Av Beit Din , dayan , posek , founder of the Shilo Institute Yoel Bin-Nun (1946–), one of the founders of Yeshivat Har Etzion , Gush Emunim , Alon Shevut and Ofra, doctor of Jewish thought and a lecturer on Tanach Uri Amos Cherki (1959–), chairman of Brit Olam – Noahide World Center, a senior lecturer at Machon Meir , congregational leader, author and philosopherYuval Cherlow (1957–), Rosh Yeshiva and co-founder of Orot Shaul and one of the founders of Tzohar Zephaniah Drori (1937–), Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Shmona , Israel and rosh yeshiva of the Kiryat Shmona Hesder Yeshiva, helped establish Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh Haim Drukman (1932–2022), Israeli politician, rosh yeshiva of Ohr Etzion Yeshiva , head of the Center for Bnei Akiva YeshivotShmuel Eliyahu (1956–), Chief Rabbi of Safed , member of the Chief Rabbinate Council Binyamin Elon (1954–2017), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union Mordechai Elon (1959–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat HaKotel Baruch Gigi (1957–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion , communal rabbi of the Sephardi synagogue in Alon Shvut Yehuda Gilad (1955–), Rosh Yeshivat Maale Gilboa , rabbi of Kibbutz Lavi Yitzchak Ginsburgh (1944–), American-born Israeli, currently president of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West BankYehudah Glick (1965–), American-born Israeli activist, politician , leader of HaLiba , a coalition of groups dedicated to reaching complete and comprehensive freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple MountTamir Granot (1970–), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Orot Shaul Re’em HaCohen (1957–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Otniel and rabbi of the Otniel settlementYeshayahu Hadari (1933–2018), Israeli religious scholar, first rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat HaKotel David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz YisraelDaniel Hershkowitz (1953–), Israeli politician, mathematician , professor, rabbi of the Ahuza neighborhood in Haifa , President of Bar-Ilan University Hillel Horowitz (1964–), Israeli politicianNachman Kahana (1937–), author and brother of Meir Kahane Binyamin Lau (1961–), head of 929: Tanach B'yachad , rabbi of Kehillat Ramban in JerusalemIsrael Meir Lau (1937–), former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Yitzhak Levy (1947–), Mashgiach at Yeshivat Har Etzion , politician, among the initiators of the establishment of the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, co-founder of Elon Moreh Mosheh Lichtenstein (1961–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion , son of Aharon Lichtenstein and grandson of Joseph B. Soloveitchik Dov Lior (1933–), Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Arba and Hebron Yaakov Medan (1950–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion , partner in drafting the Gavison-Medan Covenant Eliezer Melamed (1961–), rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Bracha , rabbi of the community Har Bracha , and author Peninei Halakha , son of Zalman Baruch Melamed Zalman Baruch Melamed (1937–), rabbi of Beit El , father of Eliezer Melamed Michael Melchior (1954–), activist and Israeli politician, community rabbi in Talpiyot, Jerusalem , Chief Rabbi of Norway Chaim Navon (1973–)Yakov Nagen (1967–), Israeli author, rabbi at Yeshivat Otniel, leader in interfaith peace initiatives between Judaism and IslamAvigdor Nebenzahl (1935–), Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, senior rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh , rabbi of the Ramban Synagogue Rafi Peretz (1956–), Israeli politician, former Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces Shai Piron (1965–), Israeli educator and politicianHanan Porat (1943–2011), Israeli educator, political activist and politician, one of the liberators of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, co-founder of Yeshivat Har Etzion , Gush Emunim , Kfar Etzion , Alon Shevut , Elon Moreh and OfraMeir Porush (1955–), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael, son of Menachem PorushNachum Eliezer Rabinovitch (1928–2020), Canadian-Israeli posek , rosh yeshiva of the London School of Jewish Studies and the Hesder Yeshiva Birkat Moshe in Ma'ale Adumim Yosef Zvi Rimon (1968–) Rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council , Rosh Kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion Haim Sabato (1952–), author, co-founder and rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (Ma’aleh Adumim) David Samson (1956–), Israeli Torah scholar, educational entrepreneur, author, congregational rabbiSharon Shalom (1973–), Ethiopian -Israeli community rabbi, lecturer and writerYaakov Shapira (1950–), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav , member of the Chief Rabbinate Council Yitzchak Sheilat (1946–), Israeli scholar of Jewish thought , co-founder of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe David Stav (1960–), educator, Chief Rabbi of the city of Shoham , chairman of the Tzohar organization , co-founder of Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020), Israeli Chabad Chasidic teacher, philosopher, Kabbalist , social critic, translator, author of Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud , recipient of the Israel Prize for Jewish StudiesAryeh Stern (1944–), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and student of Zvi Yehuda Kook Zvi Thau (1938–), co-founder and president of Yeshivat Har Hamor in JerusalemRon Yosef (1974–), founder of the Israeli organization Hod, which represents Israeli gay and lesbian Orthodox JewsYaakov Roja (1944–), chairman of the Rabbinical Council of ZAKA and interim president of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate
Haredi Ovadia Yosef Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Chaim Kanievsky Dovid Twersky, Grand Rabbi of Skver Yechezkel Roth of KarlsburgShlomo Miller Elazar Abuhatzeira (1948–2011), Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known to followers as the "Baba Elazar"Asher Arieli (1957–), senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir in Israel , son-in-law of Nachum Partzovitz Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939–), eighth and current[when? ] rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of GerShalom Arush (1952–), Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed InstitutionsMordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943–2015), Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movementMoshe Ber Beck (1934–2021), Orthodox rabbi and a chief rabbi of the Neturei Karta movement in the US.Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox UnionEliezer Berland (1937–), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement.Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi and dayan on the Badatz of the Edah HaChareidis Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944–2007), American posek and kashrut authorityShmuley Boteach (1966–), American Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and authorMeir Brandsdorfer (1934–2009), member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis Nachum Dov Brayer (1959–), present Rebbe of the Boyan Avraham Bromberg , American Rosh Yeshiva and posekYosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of IranUriel Davidi (1922–2006), Chief Rabbi of Iran from 1980 to 1994Michel Dorfman (1913–2006), de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist RussiaAlfredo Goldschmidt (rabbi) (1945–) Great rabbi of Colombia and the Colegio Colombo HebreoYosef Tzvi Dushinsky , Rebbe of the Dushinsky of JerusalemShlomo Elyashiv (1841–1926), Lithuanian talmudist and Kabbalist known as the Leshem or Ba'al HaLeshem , teacher of Abraham Isaac Kook , grandfather of Yosef Sholom Eliashiv Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the haredi worldAharon Feldman (1932–), American Rosh YeshivaGerrer Rebbes , Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the United States and UKShlomo Goldman (1947–2017), Sanz-Klausenburger Grand RabbiShmuel Dovid Halberstam , Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough ParkZvi Elimelech Halberstam (1952–), Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, IsraelElchanan Heilprin (1921–2015), known as Av Beit Din of RadomishlMoshe Hirsch (1923 or 1924–2010), Leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in JerusalemChaim Avrohom Horowitz (1933–2016), Grand Rabbi of the Boston Jewish Hasidic dynastyMayer Alter Horowitz , Bostoner Rebbe of JerusalemNaftali Yehuda Horowitz , Bostoner RebbeYitzchak Kadouri (1898–2006), leading 20th-century Kabbalist (Mekubal)Shmuel Kamenetsky (1924–), co-founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia Chaim Kanievsky (1928–2022), Israeli rabbi and posek, lived in Bnei Brak, IsraelNissim Karelitz (1926–2019), Israeli haredi leaderMeir Kessler (1961–), rabbi of Modi'in IllitYitzhak Aharon Korff , Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh, Boston and Jerusalem, and Rabbi, Jerusalem Great Synagogue.Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), Israeli author of Ohr Hachamah Dov Landau , Israeli rosh yeshiva Berel Lazar (1964–), Italian Chief Rabbi of RussiaYosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rebbe of Nikolsburg Yitzchok Lichtenstein (1962–), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas , son of Aharon Lichtenstein , grandson of Joseph B. Soloveichik Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1955–), current leader of the BobovMeshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynastyUri Mayerfeld , rosh yeshiva in CanadaMoshe Meiselman (1942–), founder of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA) , founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Moshe , grandson of Moshe Soloveichik Yona Metzger (1953–), Israeli former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of IsraelAvigdor Miller (1908–2001), American author and renowned lecturerShlomo Miller , head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish lawNaftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz , Rebbe of Ropshitz Yaakov Perlow , American Hasidic rebbe of Novominsk and rosh yeshiva living in Borough Park, BrooklynYoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New YorkYisroel Avrohom Portugal , Rebbe of Skulen Dovid Povarsky (1902–1999), Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940–), current rebbe of Munkacs Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka (1949–), Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei BrakYissachar Dov Rokeach (1948–), Belzer RebbeElyakim Rosenblatt (1933–2019), American rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Kesser Torah in Queens, NY Yechezkel Roth , Karlsburger RavShmuel Rozovsky (1913–1979), Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, JerusalemYitzchok Scheiner (1922–2021), Israeli rosh yeshiva Eliezer Shlomo Schick (1940–2015), Hasidic rabbi and prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachingsElyakim Schlesinger , English rabbiElazar Menachem Shach (1899–2001), Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak , founder of Degel HaTorah Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (1917–2006), Rosh Yeshiva and important [rabbinic figure in Israel Dovid Shmidel (1934–), Chairman of Asra KadishaAharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1912–2017), rabbi and posek (halakhic authority)Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik (1946–), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, one of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem , son of Berel Soloveitchik Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921–2021), Rosh Yeshiva of one of the branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem , son of Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik Aaron Teitelbaum (1947–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the Ruv of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New YorkMoshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), Satmar RebbeZalman Teitelbaum (1951–), Grand Rebbe of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe TeitelbaumDavid Twersky (1940–), Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New YorkMordechai Dovid Unger (1954–), currently Bobover RebbeVizhnitzer Rebbes , (Vizhnitzer ), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the United StatesOsher Weiss (1953–), Possek and An Av Beis DinShmuel Wosner (1913–2015), Haredi rabbi and posekDov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbiAmnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in IsraelOvadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic JewryAmram Zaks (1926–2012), rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei BrakJonathan Markovitch (1967–), Chief Rabbi of Kyiv
Modern Orthodox Michael Rosensweig Mordechai Willig Jonathan Sacks Marc D. Angel (1945–), Modern Orthodox rabbi and author , rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel , the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York City Raymond Apple (1935–), Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issuesAssaf Bednarsh (1971–), Rosh Yeshiva of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , Rosh Kollel for the Gruss Kollel in Jerusalem Harvey Belovski (1968–), British Orthodox rabbi, educator and organisational advisor, rabbi of Golders Green United Synagogue Ari Berman (1970–), Fifth President of Yeshiva University Joshua Berman (1964–), Orthodox Rabbi and Professor of Bible at Bar-Ilan University Saul Berman (1939–), communal rabbi, Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies of Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University , Director of Edah, Professor at Yeshiva University and Columbia University Ezra Bick (1946–), author, Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion , scion of the Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty David Bigman (1954–), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa , helped found the Ein Hanatziv Midrasha for girls, previous Rosh Yeshiva of the Ein Tzurim YeshivaYosef Blau – Mashgiach ruchani at RIETS for over 40 years, president of the Religious Zionists of America Benjamin Blech (1933–), American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, author and speakerJ. David Bleich (1936–), Posek and ethicist , including Jewish medical ethics , Rosh yeshiva and professor at RIETS and Yeshiva University Kenneth Brander (1962–), American rabbi, president and Rosh Yeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutionsReuven Pinchas Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist, spiritual leader of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa , co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress Shalom Carmy (1949–), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, Professor at Yeshiva University , writer and editor Eliyahu Ben Chaim (1940–), Chief Rabbi of Sha'are Shalom (United Mashadi Community of America ) in Great Neck , Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , Av Beit Din of Badatz Mekor Haim, prominent leader of New York's Sephardi communityAlbert Chait , (1986–), Rabbi to the United Hebrew Congregation in Leeds, United KingdomKotel Dadon (1967–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Croatia ,Ahron Daum (1951–2018), Israeli-born Modern-Orthodox rabbi, educator, author and Chief Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main Chuck Davidson (1961–), founder of organizations Giyur Kehalacha and Ahavat Hager which aims to undermine the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and their monopoly with conversions and marriagesMark Dratch (1958–), Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafeSeth Farber (1967–), American-Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, historian , author , and founder and director of the Jewish life advocacy organization, ITIMBarry Freundel (1951–), former rabbi of Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. , convicted of voyeurism Manis Friedman (1946–), a biblical scholar, author, counselor and speakerAryeh Frimer (1946–), American-Israeli Active Oxygen Chemist , teacher at Bar Ilan University , specialist on Women and Jewish law Menachem Genack (1949–), CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , founding chairman of NORPAC Meir Goldwicht — Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University Moshe Gottesman (1932–2018), rabbi, educator and community leaderIrving Greenberg (1933–), American rabbi and writer on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism Steven Greenberg (1956–), first openly homosexual Orthodox rabbiDavid Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz YisraelNathaniel Helfgot (1963–), President of the International Rabbinic Fellowship Yehuda Henkin (1945–2020), author of the responsa Benei Vanim, modern orthodox posek Shmuel Herzfeld (1974–), Senior rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in Washington, D.C. , Vice President of the AMCHA Initiative , teacher, lecturer, activist, authorDavid Hirsch (1968–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University for over 20 yearsHoward Jachter – American Orthodox rabbi, Dayan , educator, author and communal leader, expert on the laws of Jewish divorce Ephraim Kanarfogel (1955–), rabbi and Torah scholar, professor and dean at Yeshiva University , one of the foremost experts in the fields of medieval Jewish history and rabbinic literatureMoshe Kletenik (1954–), congregational rabbi, Av Beit Din and Mesader Gittin, President of the Rabbinical Council of America Eugene Korn (1947–), Academic Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem, Director of Interfaith Affairs for the Anti-Defamation League , writerJoel Landau , New York rabbi associated with Yad Ezra V’Shulamit Baruch Lanner (1949–), American former Orthodox rabbi who was convicted of child sexual abuse Aryeh Lebowitz (1977–), American Modern Orthodox rabbi and posek , Director of Semikhah at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Haskel Lookstein (1932–), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan , principal of the Ramaz School , son of Joseph Lookstein Ephraim Mirvis (1956–), Chief Rabbi of the UK and CommonwealthLeonard Matanky (1958–), Modern Orthodox rabbi, co-president of the Religious Zionists of America , pulpit rabbi, Dean of Ida Crown Jewish Academy , past president of the Rabbinical Council of America Yaakov Neuburger (1955–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University Sacha Pecaric (1965–), Yugoslavian /Croatian -Italian -American rabbi, author of the first translation of the Torah from Hebrew to Polish to be done by a Jew since the Second World War Menachem Penner (1971–), Dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary , Rabbi Emeritus of the Young Israel of Holliswood Dale Polakoff (1957–), American rabbi, teacher and spiritual leader, Senior rabbi of the Great Neck Synagogue for over 30 years, past President of the Rabbinical Council of America Yona Reiss (1966–), American rabbi, noted Torah scholar, attorney, lecturer and jurist, current Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical CouncilHershel Reichman (1944–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University Shlomo Riskin (1940–), founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat , founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City , dean of Manhattan Day School , founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions David Rosen (1951–), South African -British -Israeli rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Ireland , American Jewish Committee 's International Director of Interreligious Affairs, son of Kopul Rosen Jeremy Rosen (1942–), Orthodox Rabbi, author and lecturer, son of Kopul Rosen Jonathan Rosenblatt (1956–), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, teacher, lecturer, and counselorItamar Rosensweig (1989–), Maggid Shiur at Yeshiva University , dayan (rabbinic judge) at the Beth Din of America , resident scholar at Congregation Ahavath Torah , son of rabbi Michael Rosensweig Michael Rosensweig (1956–), Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and the Rosh Kollel of the Beren Kollel ElyonJonathan Sacks (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, philosopher, theologian, author, peer and public figure, great-grandson of Aryeh Leib Frumkin Yonason Sacks – Rosh Yeshiva of Lander College for Men, spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel Bircas YaakovYehuda Sarna (1977–), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of the United Arab Emirates Hershel Schachter (1941–), Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University , posek , son of Melech Schachter Jacob J. Schacter (1950–), American Orthodox rabbi, historian, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University , son of Herschel Schacter Hanan Schlesinger – American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, co-founder of Roots , a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots peacemaking initiativeArthur Schneier (1930–), prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at Park East Synagogue , which hosted Pope Benedict Elliot Schrier (1989–), community leader and teacher, current Mara d'asra of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck , New Jersey Gedalia Dov Schwartz (1925–2020), Orthodox rabbi, scholar and posek , the av beis din of both the Beth Din of America and the Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc), rosh beth din of the National Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of America , President of the Mizrachi of Rhode Island and the RCA Philadelphia RegionAdolf Shayevich (1937–), rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue , Chief Rabbi of Russia Eli Baruch Shulman (1959–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , Rabbi Henry H. Guterman chair in Talmud, author and editorZvi Sobolofsky – Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in Bergenfield , New Jersey Haym Soloveitchik (1937–), Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS , professor at Hebrew University and Yeshiva University , leading contemporary historian of Jewish law Meir Soloveichik (1977–), American Orthodox rabbi and writer, rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City , grandson of Ahron Soloveichik Shubert Spero (1923–), Irving Stone Professor of Jewish Thought at Bar Ilan University , Rabbi Emeritus of Young Israel of Cleveland, Ohio , author on the subjects of halakha , ethics, the Holocaust, Jewish philosophy and the thought of Joseph B. Soloveitchik Ben-Tzion Spitz (1969–), Chief Rabbi of Uruguay , writer and Nuclear Engineer Daniel Stein , (1976–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Chesed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan , founding rabbi of Kehillas Beis Sholom in Clifton, New Jersey Moshe David Tendler (1926–2021), Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS , professor of biology at Yeshiva University , expert in medical ethics, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein Kalman Topp (1972–), American rabbi, educator, author, Senior Rabbi of the Beth Jacob Congregation of Beverly Hills, California Mayer Twersky (1960–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , Grand Rabbi of the Talne Chasidim , grandson of rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Berel Wein (1934–), American-born Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland , senior faculty member of Yeshiva Ohr Somayach Moshe Weinberger (1957–), founding spiritual leader of Congregation Aish Kodesh , Mashpia /mashgiach ruchani at RIETS , the "senior spokesman" of the Neo-Hasidic movement in Modern Orthodoxy Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (1940–), rabbi, psychotherapist, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union , Editor-in-Chief of the Koren Talmud Bavli Jeremy Wieder (1971–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , one of the first Americans to win the International Bible Contest (Chidon Hatanach) Mordechai Willig (1947–), Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University , prominent posek for the Modern Orthodox community.Pesach Wolicki (1970–), educator , writer , columnist , lecturer , public speaker and pro-Israel activist, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, Associate Director of the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC)Benjamin Yudin (1944–), rabbi of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn , New Jersey
Conservative Open Orthodox
19th century
20th century Jacob B. Agus , rabbi and theologianPhilip R. Alstat , Conservative rabbiBen-Zion Bokser , Conservative rabbiBoaz Cohen , Talmud scholar and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professorGerson D. Cohen , historian and Jewish Theological Seminary of America chancellorMoshe Davis , historian at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and Hebrew University Louis Finkelstein , Talmud scholar and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professorLouis Ginzberg (1873–1953), American Conservative Talmud scholarRobert Gordis , leader in Conservative Judaism Sidney Greenberg , rabbi and authorSimon Greenberg , professor and vice-chancellor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Morris Gutstein , congregational rabbi and historianJules Harlow , liturgistArthur Hertzberg , rabbi, scholar, and activistAbraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), philosopher, scholar of Hasidism, and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professorMax Kadushin , philosopher and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professorWolfe Kelman , Rabbinical Assembly leaderIsaac Klein , American rabbi and scholar of halakhah Albert L. Lewis , Conservative rabbiSaul Lieberman , rabbi and scholarMarshall Meyer , rabbi and human rights activist, founded a rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina Chaim Potok , American rabbi and authorSamuel Schafler , American rabbi and historianSolomon Schechter , scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism Morris Silverman , American rabbi and liturgistChana Timoner , first female rabbi to hold an active duty assignment as a chaplain in the U.S. Army
Contemporary (ca. 21st century) Leslie Alexander (rabbi) , first female rabbi of a major Conservative Jewish synagogue in the United StatesLia Bass , second Latin American female rabbi in the world.Sharon Brous , Founder of Ikar and prominent voice for justiceGeoffrey Claussen , Conservative rabbi and Elon University professorAryeh Cohen , Conservative rabbi and American Jewish University professorMartin Samuel Cohen , Conservative rabbi and authorShaye J. D. Cohen , Conservative rabbi and Harvard University professorMoshe Cotel , pianist, composer, and rabbiMenachem Creditor , Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa NetworkCynthia Culpeper , first full-time female rabbi in AlabamaJerome Cutler , director of the Creative Arts Temple in West Los Angeles, California.David G. Dalin , rabbi and historianZvi Dershowitz (1928–2023), rabbi of Sinai Temple , Los Angeles, CaliforniaElliot N. Dorff , Conservative rabbi, bioethicist, and professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University Amy Eilberg , Conservative rabbi, author and co-founded the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San FranciscoEdward Feld , Conservative rabbi and siddur editorEverett Gendler , rabbi and progressive activistNeil Gillman , philosopher, theologian, and Jewish Theological Seminary of America professorDavid Golinkin , Masorti rabbi and halakhistMichael Greenbaum , professor and vice-chancellor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Reuven Hammer , Masorti rabbi, author, and siddur commentatorSherre Hirsch , rabbi and authorJudith Hauptman , feminist Talmudic scholar at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Rachel Isaacs , first openly lesbian rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Jill Jacobs (rabbi) , Executive Director of T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Louis Jacobs , founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologianWilliam E. Kaufman , advocate of process theology Daniella Kolodny , first female rabbi enlisted in the United States Naval Academy Myer S. Kripke , rabbi, scholar, and philanthropist based in Omaha, Nebraska Joshua Kulp , Conservative scholar and rabbi and founder of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem Harold Kushner , American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writerAaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi of Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Amichai Lau-Lavie – Israeli-American Conservative rabbi, social entrepreneur, human rights activist, founder of Storahtelling William H. Lebeau , Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary of America Naomi Levy , American rabbi, author and speakerAlan Lew , teacher of Jewish meditation Aaron L. Mackler , Conservative rabbi and bioethicistJason Miller (rabbi) , Conservative rabbi, entrepreneur and technology bloggerAlan Mittleman , professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Jack Moline , Executive Director of Interfaith Alliance Jacob Neusner (1932–2016), Conservative trained scholar and writerDaniel Nevins , Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in JudaismEinat Ramon , first Israeli-born woman rabbiPaula Reimers , one of the first women to be ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Arnold Resnicoff , Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affairs, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air ForceJoel Roth , Conservative scholar and rabbiSimchah Roth . Israeli rabbi and Siddur Va'ani Tefillati editorDanya Ruttenberg , Award-winning author, editor and social justice activistJulie Schonfeld , first female rabbi to serve in the chief executive position of an American rabbinical associationIsmar Schorsch , Conservative educator and leaderHarold M. Schulweis , rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom , Encino, California and founder of the Jewish World Watch Rona Shapiro , first female rabbi to head a Conservative synagogue in Cleveland Alan Silverstein , rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey, and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly Mychal Springer , rabbi and Jewish Theological Seminary of America leaderValerie Stessin , first woman to be ordained as a Conservative rabbi in Israel Ira F. Stone , a leading figure in the contemporary renewal of the Musar movement Susan Tendler , first female rabbi in Chattanooga Gordon Tucker , Conservative rabbiStuart Weinblatt , Conservative rabbi and founder of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland; President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America Bea Wyler , first female rabbi in Germany to officiate at a congregation
Union for Traditional Judaism
Reform
19th century Samuel Adler (1809–1891), German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El Moses Berlin (1852–1927), British Reform rabbiEmil Hirsch (1851–1923), American Reform rabbi and scholarDavid Einhorn (1809–1879), American Reform rabbiSamuel Hirsch (1815–1889), German-American philosopher of the Reform MovementAbraham Geiger (1810–1874), German Reform ideologistSamuel Holdheim (1806–1860), German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform JudaismSolomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy (1820–1890), Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in CambridgeLeopold Zunz (1794–1886), German scholar, founded Science of Judaism schoolIsaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi
20th century Paula Ackerman (1893–1989), first female to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordainedJoseph Asher (1921–1990), advocate of reconciliation between the Jews and the Germans in the post-Holocaust eraLeo Baeck (1873–1956), Reform rabbiLaszlo Berkowitz (1928–2020), Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef ShalomLionel Blue (1930–2016), British rabbi, writer and broadcasterAbraham Cronbach (1882–1965), Reform rabbi & educatorMaurice Davis (1921–1993), Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity David Max Eichhorn (1906–1986), Reform Jewish rabbi, author, founder of Merritt Island's Temple Israel,[3] and Army chaplain among the troops that liberated Dachau Regina Jonas (1902–1944), first female rabbi in the worldGunther Plaut (1912–2012), Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom TempleMurray Saltzman (1929–2010), Reform rabbiAbba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), Reform rabbi and Zionist leaderStephen S. Wise (1874–1949), Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
Contemporary (ca. 21st century) Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl Pauline Bebe , first female rabbi in FranceJackie Tabick , first female rabbi in BritainSally Priesand , Reform rabbi, first female rabbi in the United StatesJulia Neuberger , British Reform rabbiElyse Goldstein , first female Rabbi in Canada, educator and writerRachel Adler , theologian and Hebrew Union College professorArik Ascherman , American-born Reform rabbi and human rights activist for both Jews and non-Jews in Israel-best known for advocating for Palestinian human rights.Angela Warnick Buchdahl , American rabbiRebecca Dubowe , first deaf woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United StatesDenise Eger , former rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadashim (world's first LGBT synagogue) and founder of Temple Kol Ami in West Hollywood, first female and open lesbian to serve as president of Southern California Board of Rabbis, officiated at the first legal same-sex wedding of two women in California David Ellenson , former president of the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion , and chancellor emeritusLisa Goldstein , Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish SpiritualityDana Evan Kaplan , rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom in Sun City, Arizona; author of The New Reform Judaism: Challenges and Reflections , the most current modern scholarly analysis of contemporary Reform JudaismAlysa Stanton , first ordained Black female rabbi (Reform) in AmericaMargaret Wenig , rabbi known for advocating for LGBT rights
Reconstructionists
20th century
Contemporary (ca. 21st century) Deborah Brin , one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbisSusan Schnur , editor of Lilith Magazine Rebecca Alpert , rabbi, historian and professorDan Ehrenkrantz , president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical CollegeSandy Eisenberg Sasso , children's book authorTina Grimberg , leader in the inter-religious dialogCarol Harris-Shapiro , modern authorSandra Lawson , first openly gay, female, black rabbiJoy Levitt , first female president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association .Toba Spitzer , first openly gay head of a rabbinical association
Other rabbis Steven Blane , American Jewish Universalist rabbiShlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), composer, singer and pioneer in the Baal Teshuvah movementCapers C. Funnye Jr. (1952–), first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis[4] Shlomo Helbrans (1962–2017), rebbe of the Lev Tahor communityTamara Kolton (1970–), first rabbi in Humanistic JudaismMichael Lerner (1943–), founder/editor of Tikkun magazine Jackie Mason (1931–2021), comedian and actor, received smicha from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein [5] Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–2014), leader of the Jewish Renewal movementJoseph Telushkin (1948–), American rabbi, screenwriter, lecturer and bestselling author [6] (non-denominational)Arthur Waskow (1933–), leader of the Jewish Renewal movementSherwin Wine (1928–2007), U.S. founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He was a founder of Religious Zionism and a profound Jewish thinker.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, a renowned rabbinic scholar, philosopher, and author. He is best known for his monumental translation and commentary on the Talmud.
Rabbi Aharon ben Yosef ha-Kohen Rabbi Aharon ben Yosef ha-Kohen, a notable Talmudic scholar and author of 'Keter Torah'.
Rabbi Aharon Feldman Rabbi Aharon Feldman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. He is a prominent rabbinic leader and author.
Rabbi Aharon Kotler Rabbi Aharon Kotler, founder of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey. He was a leading figure in the world of Torah study and Jewish education.
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He was a renowned Modern Orthodox rabbi and scholar, known for his profound writings on Jewish law and ethics.
Rabbi Aharon Rokeach Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, the fourth Belzer Rebbe. He led the Belz Hasidic dynasty through the Holocaust and was known for his piety and leadership.
Rabbi Aharon Roth Rabbi Aharon Roth, founder of the Shomer Emunim Hasidic dynasty. He was known for his ascetic lifestyle and emphasis on spiritual purity.
Rabbi Alexandru Şafran Rabbi Alexandru Şafran, a prominent Romanian rabbi and Holocaust survivor. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Romania and later of Geneva.
Rabbi Amram Aburbeh Rabbi Amram Aburbeh, founder of the Zion Synagogue in Jerusalem. He was known for his leadership in the Sephardic community and his contributions to Jewish education and religious life.
Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak, a well-known Jewish lecturer and leader. He is famous for his efforts in Jewish outreach and bringing secular Jews back to religious observance.
Rabbi Meir Arik Rabbi Arik was a renowned Galician Torah scholar. He was the author of Sefer Chidushei HaRaMal.
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, a noted American Orthodox rabbi and author. He was known for his accessible writings on Jewish mysticism and theology.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin, an early pioneer of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem. He was a rabbi, author, and one of the founders of Petah Tikva.
Rabbi Aryeh Levin Rabbi Aryeh Levin, known as the "Tzaddik of Jerusalem" for his acts of kindness. He was a beloved figure who ministered to prisoners and the poor.
Rabbi Aryeh Stern Rabbi Aryeh Stern, the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Known for his efforts to integrate modern values with traditional Jewish law.
Rabbi Avigdor Miller Rabbi Avigdor Miller, a prominent American Orthodox rabbi and author. He was Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Beis Yisrael, known for his lectures and writings on Jewish thought and ethics.
Rabbi Avraham Bromberg Rabbi Avraham Bromberg, a prominent rabbinic leader and posek. He was the Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Hatalmud Rabbinical College, and later Rosh Yeshiva of Sha'ar Hatalmud.
Rabbi Avraham Moshe Hillel Rabbi Avraham Moshe Hillel, a prominent figure in Jewish history known for his rabbinic leadership and scholarship. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Baghdad.
Rabbi Avraham Shapira Rabbi Avraham Shapira, former Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was a leader in the Religious Zionist movement and a prominent halachic authority.
Rabbi Avraham Tiktin Rabbi Avraham Tiktin, a prominent rabbinic leader and scholar. He was known for his halachic works and leadership as Chief Rabbi of Breslau.
Rabbi Baruch Ashlag Rabbi Baruch Ashlag, a prominent kabbalist and the son of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. He continued his father's work in spreading the teachings of Kabbalah.
Rabbi Baruch Gigi Rabbi Baruch Gigi, a prominent rabbinic leader and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He is known for his inspiring lectures and deep knowledge of Jewish law and philosophy.
Rabbi Baruch Myers Rabbi Baruch Myers, a prominent rabbinic leader. He serves as the Chief Rabbi of Bratislava, Slovakia.
Rabbi Baruch Poupko Rabbi Baruch Poupko, a prominent American Orthodox rabbi and leader. He was a rabbi in Pittsburgh and a prolific author. His career largely focused on advocating for Soviet Jews.
Rabbi Baruch Steinberg Rabbi Baruch Steinberg, Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army. He was killed in the Katyn massacre during World War II.
Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, a prominent Hasidic leader. He was the Bobover Rebbe and a descendant of the Divrei Chaim.
Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was a leading figure in Sephardic Jewry and an advocate for Jewish unity.
Rabbi Binyamin Elon Rabbi Binyamin Elon, a former Israeli politician and rabbi. He was a member of the Knesset and Minister of Tourism.
Rabbi Binyamin Lau Rabbi Binyamin Lau, a prominent Israeli rabbi, author, and public speaker. He is known for his work in Jewish education and his efforts to bridge gaps within Israeli society.
Rabbi Binyamin Zeev Kahane Rabbi Binyamin Zeev Kahane, son of Rabbi Meir Kahane and leader of the Kahane Chai movement. He was an outspoken advocate for Jewish rights in Israel.
Rabbi Boruch Rabinowicz Rabbi Boruch Rabinowicz, a prominent rabbi and leader. He was a Rosh Yeshiva and a respected figure in the Jewish community.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a prominent Haredi rabbi and posek. Known as the "Prince of Torah", he was a leading authority on Jewish law and tradition.
Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, a renowned Talmudic scholar and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva. He is remembered for his profound teachings and leadership.
Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, a renowned Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva. He is known for developing the Brisker method of Talmudic study.
Rabbi Dale Polakoff Rabbi Dale Polakoff, a prominent rabbi in the United States. He is the rabbi of the Great Neck Synagogue and a past president of the Rabbinical Council of America.
Rabbi David Bigman Rabbi David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa. He is known for his innovative approach to Torah study and modern Jewish thought.
Rabbi Shimon Yaakov Halevi Gliksberg Rabbi Gliksberg, a prominent rabbinic leader known for being one of the founding members of the Mizrachi Zionist movement.
Rabbi David Hirsch Rabbi David Hirsch, a prominent rabbinic figure. He is a rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University in New York City.
Rabbi David Kahane Rabbi David Kahane, Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army during World War II. He survived the Holocaust and was a prominent Jewish chaplain.
Rabbi David Sharbani Rabbi David Sharbani, a prominent Sephardic rabbi. He is known for his leadership in the Jewish community of Mexico.
Rabbi David Stav Rabbi David Stav, founder of the Tzohar rabbinic organization. He is known for his efforts to make Judaism more accessible in Israel.
Rabbi David Weiss Halivni Rabbi David Weiss Halivni, a prominent Talmudic scholar. He was a Holocaust survivor and an influential figure in Jewish academic circles.
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Rabbi Dov Berish Einhorn Rabbi Dov Berish Einhorn, a prominent rabbinic figure and Rosh Yeshiva. He was known for his contributions to Jewish education and scholarship.
Rabbi Dov Lior Rabbi Dov Lior, a prominent rabbinic leader. He is a leading figure in Religious Zionism and served as the Chief Rabbi of Hebron and Kiryat Arba.
Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira, a renowned kabbalist and spiritual leader. He was known for his wisdom and guidance.
Rabbi Elazar Shach Rabbi Elazar Shach, a leading Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the founder of the Degel HaTorah political party and a major leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Haredi community.
Rabbi Elikim Schlesinger Rabbi Elikim Schlesinger, a prominent rabbinic leader and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Harama in London. He is known for his scholarship and leadership.
Rabbi Ephraim Epstein Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, a prominent rabbinic leader. He served as the rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in Chicago and was known for his scholarship and leadership.
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He is a leading figure in British Jewry.
Rabbi Eugene Korn Rabbi Eugene Korn, a prominent rabbinic scholar and interfaith leader. He is known for his work in Jewish-Christian relations and modern Jewish thought.
Rabbi Ezekiel Isidore Epstein Rabbi Ezekiel Isidore Epstein, a prominent rabbinic scholar. He was the principal of Jews' College in London.
Rabbi Gedalia Silverstone Rabbi Gedalia Silverstone, a prominent rabbinic leader. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Washington, D.C.
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Rabbi Gershon Edelstein Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. He is known for his leadership in the Haredi community and his extensive Torah lectures.
Rabbi Haim Amsalem Rabbi Haim Amsalem, a prominent Israeli rabbi and former Knesset member. He is known for his moderate views and efforts to integrate Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews into Israeli society.
Rabbi Haim Sabato Rabbi Haim Sabato, a prominent rabbinic figure and author. He is a co-founder of the Birkat Moshe Yeshiva in Ma'ale Adumim and an acclaimed novelist.
Rabbi Hamadani Cohen Rabbi Hamadani Cohen, a prominent rabbinic figure. He was the Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran.
Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes, a prominent rabbinic leader. He served as the rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in New York and was a founder of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
Rabbi Hershel Schachter Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University. He is known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
Rabbi Hillel Horowitz Rabbi Hillel Horowitz, a prominent Jewish leader known for his involvement in the settlement of Hebron and his work in various Jewish educational institutions.
Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He was a leading voice in Jewish medical ethics.
Rabbi Isadore Twersky Rabbi Isadore Twersky, a prominent scholar of Jewish studies. He was the founding director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.
Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira (Baba Sali) Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, known as Baba Sali. He was a renowned Moroccan kabbalist and revered spiritual leader.
Rabbi Israel Friedman Rabbi Yisrael Friedman, known as the Pashkaner Rebbe, was Rosh Yeshiva of a hesder yeshiva in Netivot.
Rabbi Israel Friedlander Rabbi Israel Friedlander, a prominent scholar and activist. He was a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary and co-founder of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Rabbi Jacob Avigdor Rabbi Jacob Avigdor, a prominent rabbinic leader and Holocaust survivor. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Mexico.
Rabbi Jacob Emden Rabbi Jacob Emden, a prominent rabbinic scholar and author. He was known for his critical stance on the Sabbatean movement and his works on Jewish law.
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Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He authored the Hertz Chumash.
Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, a controversial rabbinic figure known for his activism and unconventional views. He was active in London in the early 20th century.
Rabbi Kenneth Brander Rabbi Kenneth Brander, a prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi and educator. He is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network of educational institutions.
Rabbi Leo Jung Rabbi Leo Jung, a prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi. He was a leading figure in American Orthodox Judaism and an influential author.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Bender Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Bender, a prominent Breslov Hasidic leader. He was known for his piety and spiritual guidance.
Rabbi Liebman Adler Rabbi Liebman Adler, a prominent rabbinic leader in America. He was known for his efforts in Jewish education and community building.
Rabbi Marc Angel Rabbi Marc Angel, a prominent Modern Orthodox rabbi and author. He is the founder of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals and rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York.
Rabbi Mayer Alter Horowitz The Bostoner Rebbe during a Torah dedication ceremony. He is the leader of the Bostoner Hasidic dynasty in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi, a prominent rabbinic leader. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Shanghai during World War II.
Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan, a prominent Religious Zionist leader. He was the founder of Bar-Ilan University and a key figure in the Mizrachi movement.
Rabbi Meir Don Plotzky Rabbi Meir Don Plotzky, a prominent rabbinic leader and author. He is best known for his halachic work 'Kli Chemdah'.
Rabbi Meir Kahane Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League and Kach party. He was a controversial political figure and advocate for Jewish rights.
Rabbi Meir Porush Rabbi Meir Porush, a prominent Israeli politician and rabbinic leader. He has served in various governmental roles and is known for his advocacy for the Haredi community.
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky Rabbi Meir Shlomo, a prominent rabbinic figure who was Rabbi of Nikolayev, a composer of Chabad music, and the grandfather of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe. He is a prominent Hasidic leader.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe. He was the seventh leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and is considered one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
Rabbi Menachem Ziemba Rabbi Menachem Ziemba, a prominent Warsaw rabbi and scholar. He was a leading halachic authority before World War II.
Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel, a prominent Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, and diplomat. He played a crucial role in the readmission of Jews to England.
Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Halevi Soloveitchik Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Halevi Soloveitchik, a prominent rabbinic leader and Rosh Yeshiva of Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He is a leading figure in the Soloveitchik dynasty.
Rabbi Michael Melchior Rabbi Michael Melchior, a prominent Israeli rabbi and politician. He served as the Minister of Social and Diaspora Affairs and is known for his interfaith work and advocacy for peace.
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, known as the Ramchal. He was a prominent kabbalist and author of 'Mesilat Yesharim'.
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a preeminent Halakhic authority and Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem in New York. He was known for his profound knowledge of Jewish law and his influential Halakhic rulings, compiled in his work "Igrot Moshe."
Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich, the Munkacser Rebbe. He is a prominent Hasidic leader.
Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, a prominent Rosh Yeshiva and rabbinic scholar. He was the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Be'er Ya'akov.
Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik, a prominent Talmudic scholar and Rosh Yeshiva. He was a leading figure in the Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe. He was a prominent Hasidic leader and the author of 'Atzei Chaim'.
Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria, a prominent Religious Zionist leader and founder of the Bnei Akiva yeshiva network.
Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam Rabbi Naftali Amsterdam, a prominent rabbinic leader and student of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter. He was known for his contributions to the Mussar movement.
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, also known as the Netziv. He was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva and a prominent Torah scholar.
Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. He served from 1845 until his death in 1890.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was a leading halachic authority and founder of the Shas political party.
Rabbi Pinchas Kehati Rabbi Pinchas Kehati, author of the popular 'Mishnayot Kehati' commentary on the Mishnah.
Rabbi Rafael Shapiro Rabbi Rafael Shapiro, a prominent rabbinic figure. He was the Rosh Yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva.
Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Galinsky Rabbi Yaakov Galinski, a prominent rabbinic leader known for his contributions to Jewish education and community leadership.
Rabbi Reuven Margolies Rabbi Reuven Margolies, a prominent rabbinic scholar and author. He was known for his extensive writings on Jewish law and history.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, a leading Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, and founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement. He is known for his efforts to harmonize traditional Jewish values with modernity.
Rabbi Shai Piron Rabbi Shai Piron, a prominent Israeli rabbi and former Minister of Education. He is known for his work in Jewish education and social issues.
Rabbi Shalom Arush Rabbi Shalom Arush, a prominent Breslov Hasidic leader. He is known for his books on faith and personal growth.
Rabbi Shalom Messas Rabbi Shalom Messas, a prominent Sephardic rabbi and former Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He was known for his scholarly works on Jewish law and his influential role in the Sephardic community.
Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, a prominent Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn. He was known for his dedication to Torah study and Jewish education.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Safed and a prominent Religious Zionist leader.
Rabbi Shmuel Salant Rabbi Shmuel Salant, a prominent rabbinic leader in Jerusalem. He served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for over 70 years.
Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe. He was a key figure in Chabad Hasidism and established the yeshiva system Tomchei Temimim.
Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv Rabbi Shlomo Elyashiv, a prominent kabbalist and author. He is best known for his work 'Leshem Shevo Ve'achlama'.
Rabbi Shlomo Shtencel Rabbi Shlomo Shtencel, a leading halachic authority. He served as Chief Rabbi of Czeladź, Poland and Rav, dayan, and rosh yeshiva of Sosnowiec, Poland.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, a leading Halakhic authority and Rosh Yeshiva of the Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He was widely respected for his expertise in Jewish law and his practical Halakhic rulings.
Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, a renowned Kabbalist and author. He is best known for his commentary on the Zohar, known as the "Sulam" (The Ladder), and for his efforts to make Kabbalah accessible to a wider audience.
Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam, also known as the Klausenberger Rebbe. He was a prominent Hasidic leader and a Holocaust survivor who rebuilt his community in America and Israel.
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim. He was a leading rabbinic authority and author of major works on Jewish law and ethics.
Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn, also known as the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He was a prominent Hasidic leader.
Rabbi Yechezkel Roth Rabbi Yechezkel Roth, a prominent rabbinic leader and posek. He is the author of sefer Emek HaTeshuvah.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Rishon LeZion. He is known for his extensive works on Jewish law, including the multi-volume series "Yalkut Yosef", and his leadership within the Sephardic community.
Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, known as the Beis Halevi, was a prominent 19th-century rabbinic authority and Talmudic scholar. He was the author of Beis Halevi and the great-grandson of Chaim Volozhin.
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed, a prominent rabbinic figure. He is rosh yeshiva of the Beit El yeshiva in Beit El.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Chajes, a prominent rabbinic scholar. He authored numerous works on Talmud and Jewish law.
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References ^ Hezser, Catherine (1997). The Social Structure of the Rabbinic Movement in Roman Palestine. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-3-16-146797-4 . We suggest that the avoidance of the title "Rabbi" for pre-70 sages may have originated with the editors of the Mishnah. The editors attributed the title to some sages and not to others. The avoidance of the title for pre-70 sages may perhaps be seen as a deliberate program on the part of these editors who wanted to create the impression that the "rabbinic movement" began with R. Yochanan b. Zakkai and that the Yavnean "academy" was something new, a notion that is sometimes already implicitly or explicitly suggested by some of the traditions available to them. This notion is not diminished by the occasional claim to continuity with the past which was limited to individual teachers and institutions and served to legitimize rabbinic authority. ^ "YIVO | Gaster, Moses". ^ New York Times obituary, July 23, 1986.^ "Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith", Nikko Kopel, New York Times , March 16, 2008 ^ "Home". ^ "About Us". www.sftpa.com . Retrieved Mar 9, 2022 .
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