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Emmanuel Levinas
Jewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher
Samuel ibn Naghrillah
Spanish poet, vizier, and general
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
Posek
In Jewish law, a posek ( , pl. poskim, ) is a legal scholar who determines the application of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah, in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.
Adin Steinsaltz
Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020)
Shlomo ben Aderet
philosopher and rabbi
Jacob Neusner
American scholar of Judaism and Rabbinic literature (1932–2016)
Abraham J. Twerski
American rabbi and psychiatrist (1930–2021)
Wilhelm Bacher
Hungarian scholar, rabbi and linguist (1850–1913)
David Weiss Halivni
American-Israeli Talmudist (1927-2022)
Saul Lieberman
American rabbi
Louis Ginzberg
American rabbi (1873–1953)
Chaim Soloveitchik
Rabbi from Belarus (1853-1918)
Salomon Buber
Galician Jewish scholar and editor (1827–1906)
Marcus Jastrow
german-born American rabbi
Monsieur Chouchani
French rabbi (1889-1968)
Michael Levi Rodkinson
American publisher (1845–1904)
Isaac Hirsch Weiss
Austrian Talmudist and historian (1815 – 1905)
Nahum Norbert Glatzer
Jewish literary scholar, theologian, and editor
Ephraim Urbach
Israeli Judaism scholar (1912–1991)
Ibn Shaprut
Spanish Jewish philosopher
Nathan ben Moses Hannover
Moldavian rabbi
Lajos Blau
Hungarian historian (1861-1936)
Mordecai Benet
chief rabbi of Moravia and Nikolsburg
Jacob Joshua Falk
Polish rabbi (1680-1756)
Michael Friedländer
orientalist, Bible translator, translator (1833-1910)
Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy
Hungarian rabbi (1820–1890)
Salomon Mandelkern
rabbi and writer (1846-1902)
Meir Friedmann
Austro-Hungarian Jewish scholar (1831–1908)
Moshe Zilberg
Israeli jurist (1900-1975)
Hanoch Albeck
Austrian/Israeli Professor of Talmud (1890–1972)
Judah ben Barzilai Albargeloni
12th-century Catalan talmudist and rabbi
Moses Margolies
rabbi
Moshe Shmuel Glasner
Hungarian rabbi and Talmudist (1856-1924)
Avigdor Aptowitzer
Rabbinic scholar (1875–1942)
Boaz Cohen
American Jewish historian and talmudist (1899-1968)
Moses Samuel Zuckermandel
German Rabbi
Lazar Gulkowitsch
Belarusian scholar (1899-1941)
Saul Berlin
German rabbi
Sekl Loeb Wormser
German rabbi
Moses ben Hanoch
Talmudic scholar of Spain
Isaac Aboab I
14th century Spanish Talmudic scholar
Vered Noam
Israeli professor of Talmud studies
Salomon Eger
Polish rabbi
Eliezer ben Elijah Ashkenazi
rabbi
Hanoch Yelon
Israeli writer (1886–1970)
Aaron ben Joseph Sason
Ottoman Talmudic author
Moshe Yechiel Epstein
Uzruver Rebbe (1889–1971)
Jacob Barit
Russian Talmudist (1797-1883)