Biographical Dictionary of Rabbis: Difference between revisions

: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (b. 1920), born in Iraq lives in Israel, former sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, one of the foremost sephardic halachia authorities, author of Sh"t Yechave Daat, Sh"t Yabea Omer, both halachic responsa and Chazon Ovadia with halachot of Shabbat and the holidays

: Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia (1724 – 1806) was a Jerusalem born Sephardic rabbinical scholar. He is the author of Machzik Bracha, Birkei Yosef, Shem HaGedolim and many other books.

; Lechem Mishneh

: Rabbi Avraham de Boton (1545-1588), author of lechem Mishneh on the Rambam, Rav in Salonica, Greece.  

: Rabbi Moshe Halevi (1961-2001), major Sephardic posek in Israel, author of Menuchat Ahava on halachot of Shabbat as well as Birkat Hashem on halachot of Berachot.

: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910-1995), one of the leading Ashkenazic halachic authorities of his generation, Rosh Yeshiva of Kol Torah in Yerushalayim, author of Sh"t Minchat Shlomo, Minchat Shlomo on gemara, Meorei Esh on electricity in Halacha, Maadanei Eretz on agricultural halacha. His rulings are predominantly quoted in Halichot Shlomo, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchita and Nishmat Avraham.

: Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838 – 1933), known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim from his book on the laws of Lashon Hara, was an influential Lithuanian Rabbi, author of the Mishna Brurah as well as the Beur Halacha which is in more detail and the Shaar Hatziyun which quotes sources

: Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Hirsch Eisenstadt (1813-1868), Rabbi in Utian, Russia. Author of Pitchei Teshuva on YD, CM, and EH as well as on the sefer, Gittin Ve’chalitza, and Nachalat Shiva on works of early Acharonim.  

; Shevet Halevi

: Rabbi Shmuel Wosner Halevi (b. 1913), ashkenazic posek in Bnei Brak in Israel, born in Vienna, author of Sh"t Shevet Halevi, a set of halachic of responsa.  

; Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata

: Rabbi Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth (1935-), ashkenazic posek in Yerushalayim, author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata on the laws of Shabbat and Yom Tov.  

: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (b. 1920), born in Iraq lives in Israel, former sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, one of the foremost sephardic halachia authorities, author of Sh"t Yechave Daat, Sh"t Yabea Omer, both halachic responsa and Chazon Ovadia with halachot of Shabbat and the holidays

: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (b. 1920), born in Iraq lives in Israel, former sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, one of the foremost sephardic halachia authorities, author of Sh"t Yechave Daat, Sh"t Yabea Omer, both halachic responsa and Chazon Ovadia with halachot of Shabbat and the holidays.  

: Rabbi Avraham de Boton (1545-1588), author of lechem Mishneh on the Rambam, Rav in Salonica, Greece.  

: Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Hirsch Eisenstadt (1813-1868), Rabbi in Utian, Russia. Author of Pitchei Teshuva on YD, CM, and EH as well as on the sefer, Gittin Ve’chalitza, and Nachalat Shiva on works of early Acharonim.  

; Rabbi Bez-zion Meir Chai Uziel

: Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai ben Isaac Zerachia (1724 – 1806) was a Jerusalem born Sephardic rabbinical scholar. He is the author of Machzik Bracha, Birkei Yosef, Shem HaGedolim and many other books.

: Rabbi Moshe Halevi (1961-2001), major Sephardic posek in Israel, author of Menuchat Ahava on halachot of Shabbat as well as Birkat Hashem on halachot of Berachot.

: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (b. 1920), born in Iraq lives in Israel, former sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, one of the foremost sephardic halachia authorities, author of Sh"t Yechave Daat, Sh"t Yabea Omer, both halachic responsa and Chazon Ovadia with halachot of Shabbat and the holidays

; Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach  

: Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910-1995), one of the leading ashkenazic halachic authorities of his generation, Rosh Yeshiva of Kol Torah in Yerushalayim, author of Sh"t Minchat Shlomo, Minchat Shlomo on gemara, Meorei Esh on electricity in Halacha, Maadanei Eretz on agricultural halacha. His rulings are predominantly quoted in Halichot Shlomo, Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchita and Nishmat Avraham.

: Rabbi Shmuel Wosner Halevi (b. 1913), ashkenazic posek in Bnei Brak in Israel, born in Vienna, author of Sh"t Shevet Halevi, a set of halachic of responsa.  

: Rabbi Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth (1935-), ashkenazic posek in Yerushalayim, one of the foremost students of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata on the laws of Shabbat and Yom Tov.  

: Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838 – 1933), known popularly as The Chofetz Chaim from his book on the laws of Lashon Hara, was an influential Lithuanian Rabbi, author of the Mishna Brurah as well as the Beur Halacha which is in more detail and the Shaar Hatziyun which quotes sources.