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  1. Abraham Isaac Kook: Abraham Isaac Kook (18651935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Reli...
  2. Aharon Leib Shteinman: Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( ) (b. 1912) is a prominent Haredi rabbi currently living in Bnei Brak, Israel. ...
  3. Amram Blau: Rabbi Amram Blau was an Haredi Rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem. He was one of the founders of the fiercely Anti...
  4. Avigdor Nebenzahl: Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl is the former chief rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem after handing over the post to his son Rabbi Chiz...
  5. Avraham Chaim Naeh: Avraham Chaim Naeh is most famous for his work entitled Shiurei Torah, (trans. Measurements of the Torah), in which he converts ...
  6. Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz: Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, (1878-1953), popularly known by the name of his magnum opus Chazon Ish, was a Belarusian born O...
  7. Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman: Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman (also Ullman or Olman) is a senior Haredi rabbi living in Jerusalem. ...
  8. Baruch Chait: Rabbi Baruch Chait is a Jewish religious composer, author, and Rosh Yeshiva. He is the son of R. Moshe Chait, the Rosh Yeshiva o...
  9. Chaim Kanievsky: Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky is a world-renowned Haredi rabbi and posek ("decisor of Jewish law") living in Bnei Brak, Israel. ...
  10. Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz: Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, , was a member of the faculty of the Mirrer Yeshiva for more than 40 years, in Poland, Shanghai an...
  11. Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach: Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach (1883 26 September 1954 [28 Elul 5714]) was one of the founders and first roshei yeshiva of Sha...
  12. Chizkiyahu Nebenzahl: Rabbi Chizkiyahu Nebenzahl is the current Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem. ...
  13. Dov Ber Abramowitz: Dov Ber Abramowitz was an American, Orthodox Rabbi and author. ...
  14. Dov Berish Weidenfeld: Rabbi Dov Berish Weidenfeld was the Chief Rabbi of Tchebein (Trzebinia), Poland, and after World War II spent his final years in...
  15. Dovid Gottlieb: Rabbi Dr Dovid Gottlieb is a senior faculty member at Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem. An author and lecturer, Rabbi Gottlieb received...
  16. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler: Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-30 December 1953) was an influential Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosoph...
  17. Elyah Lopian: Eliyohu Lopian , known as Reb Elyah, was among the most prominent rabbis of the Mussar movement. As a disciple of the Kelm Talmu...
  18. Hanoch Teller: Rabbi Hanoch Teller is a world-renowned Orthodox Jewish lecturer and prolific author who popularized the Jewish literary genre ...
  19. Hillel Poisic: Rabbi Hillel Poisic was a communal worker and Torah scholar. He was an expert in releasing agunot from their husbands, who aban...
  20. Isser Zalman Meltzer: Isser Zalman Meltzer, (1870 - 1953), was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva and posek. He is also known as the "Ev...
  21. Matis Weinberg: Rabbi Matis Weinberg is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and former rosh yeshiva who now resides in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a le...
  22. Meir Porush: Rabbi Meir Porush is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Haredi party Agudat Israel, which together with De...
  23. Menachem Mendel Taub: Menachem Mendel Taub, known as The Kaliver Rebbe, is a prominent Hasidic rabbi who is the Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Kalive...
  24. Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz: Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz is a Haredi leader living in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is one of the heads of the Ponevezh yeshiva and...
  25. Moishe Sternbuch: Rabbi Moishe Sternbuch is the Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and Ra'avad of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem. He reside...
  26. Moshe Hirsch: Rabbi Moshe Hirsch is an anti-Zionist figure in Jerusalem. ...
  27. Nissim Karelitz: Rabbi Nissim Karelitz is the chairman of the beis din tzedek (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak. ...
  28. Nosson Tzvi Finkel (Mir): Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel (born March 12 1943) is the Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Yeshiva, which is located in Beis Yisroel, Jerusal...
  29. Shabsai Frankel: Rabbi Shabsai Frankel was a successful businessman, philanthropist, and publisher of Torah books. ...
  30. Shlomo Wolbe: Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe was a Haredi rabbi born in Berlin and died in Jerusalem. He is best known as the author of Alei Shur ( ), a ...
  31. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (July 20 1910 - February 20 1995) , was a renowned Rabbi, Posek and Rosh Yeshiva of the Kol Torah y...
  32. Shmuel Auerbach: Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach is a prominent Haredi rabbi living in Jerusalem, Israel. He is regarded as one of the leading non-Hasidic ...
  33. Shmuel Wosner: Rabbi Shmuel (HaLevi) Wosner is a prominent Haredi rabbi and posek ("decisor of Jewish law") living in Bnei Brak, Israel. ...
  34. Sholom Schwadron: Rabbi Sholom Schwadron was known as the "Maggid of Jerusalem" for the fiery, inspirational mussar talks he delivered to large ...
  35. Tzvi Pesach Frank: Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank was a renowned Halachic scholar and the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for several decades. ...
  36. Uri Maklev: Rabbi Yisrael Meir Uri Maklev is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Haredi party Degel HaTorah, which toge...
  37. Yaakov Litzman: Yaakov Litzman is a German-born follower of the Ger Hasidic dynasty who heads the Agudat Israel part of the United Torah Judais...
  38. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky: Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky, known as The Steipler or The Steipler Gaon , was a world-renowned posek ("decisor" of Jewish law...
  39. Yechezkel Levenstein: Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein, known as Reb Chatzkel, (1895 - 18 Adar 1974), was the mashgiach ruchani of the Mir yeshiva, in Mir, ...
  40. Yechezkel Sarna: Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 - 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mento...
  41. Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach: Rabbi Yechiel Fishel Eisenbach (1925 - 4 September 2008) was a long-time rosh yeshiva of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem a...
  42. Yehoshua Neuwirth: Rabbi Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in Jerusalem. He is one of the top students of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman...
  43. Yehuda Meir Abramowicz: Rabbi Yehuda Meir Abramowicz was an Israeli poltician. He served as general secretary of Agudat Israel, which he represented in...
  44. Yhoshua Leib Gould: Yhoshua Leib Gould, also known as the Lehitakfo Chalushin, is a posek and educator who identifies himself as a Satmar Hasid, a...
  45. Yitzchak Berkovits: Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits is an Orthodox rabbi and posek ("decisor" [of Jewish law]), teacher of Torah and lecturer to the englis...
  46. Yitzchok Hutner: Yitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (19061980) was an Orthodox rabbi and American rosh yeshiva born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both...
  47. Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss: Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss is the Chief Rabbi or Govad (godol av beis din) of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He was appoint...
  48. Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik: Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik , also known as Velvel Soloveitchik or as the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brisk", (1886-1959), ...
  49. Yoel Schwartz: Rabbi Yoel Schwartz is a well known Torah scholar and a prolific writer who has published over 200 Jewish books. He learned at Y...
  50. Yonasan David: Yonasan Dovid David (also known as Jonathan Dovid David) is the rosh yeshiva ("dean") of Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok and Kollel Ohr...
  51. Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld: Rabbi Yosef Chaim Zonnenfeld (also written Sonnenfeld) (1849 - 1932) was the Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Haredi Jewish communit...
  52. Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman: Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman (1886-1969), , was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh yeshiva. He was a renowned...
  53. Yosef Sholom Eliashiv: Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv ( ) is a Haredi rabbi and posek (arbiter of Jewish law) who lives in Jerusalem, Israel. ...
  54. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1st): Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky and Chief Rabbi (Govad) of the Edah Ha...
  55. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg: Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg is a rabbi, posek, and Rosh Yeshiva in Israel. The scion of a Lithuanian Jewish family, Rabbi Gol...
  56. Zalman Sorotzkin: Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin (1881-1966) was a famous Orthodox Rabbi. He is also known as the "Lutzker Rav", since he served as the Ra...
  57. Zelig Reuven Bengis: Rabbi Zelig Reuven Bengis was the Russian-born Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He wrote a seven-volume comme...
  58. Zev Leff: Rabbi Zev Leff, Rav of Moshav Matityahu, Israel, is an American-born Orthodox Jewish rabbi and widely-popular Torah educator who...

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