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Rabbis in Jerusalem

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Moses ben Nachman ( Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (; Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (; ) and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta (; literally "Mazel Tov near the Gate", see ), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator. He was raised, studied, and lived for most of his life in Girona, Catalonia. He is also considered to be an important figure in the re-establishment of the Jewish community in Jerusalem following its destruction by the

Adin Steinsaltz

Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020)

Yosef Shalom Eliashiv

Israeli haredi rabbi. (1910–2012)

Zalman Nechemia Goldberg

Israeli rabbi and rabbinic judge

Eliezer Waldenberg

Israeli rabbi (1915–2006)

Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss

Chief Rabbi (1926–2022)

Yehoshua Leib Diskin

Lithuanian rabbi (1818–1898)

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi

Israeli Haredi rabbi (1929–2023)

Avraham-Haim Shag

Israeli politician

former chief rabbi of HaYeshuv

Israeli rabbi (1889–1969)

20th-century historical-geographer (1886–1940)

Chaim Hezekiah Medini

Ottoman rabbi (1834–1904)

Yaakov Elazar Kahana Shapira

Samson ben Abraham of Sens

French Jewish rabbi (c. 1150 – c. 1230)

Jose ben Jochanan

Chief Justice of the Sanhedrin in the 2nd century

Aharon Mordechai Rokeach

first century rabbinical authority