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KEY: R. = Rav = Rabbi, d'... = of ..., b. = born, l. = lives(d), d. = died, zt"l = zecher Tzadik livracha ("may the memory of the Righteous be for a blessing"), hy"d = HaShem yakum damo (for murdered martyrs)
Ashkenaz i
East European; Litvish;
West European; Slavic
Rashi
R Shlomo Yitzhaqi, zt"l
b. 1040 - 1105 France
The Rosh ~ Piskei Ha-ROSH
R. Asher ben Yechiel, zt"l
b. 1250/1259 Germany; d. 1328 Spain
Maoz Tzur
R. Mordechai Ben Hillel Ashkenazi. hy"d
c. 1250-1298 Germany
Baal ha-Turim
R. Ya'akov ben Asher , z:tl
c. 1270 Germany; d. 1340 Spain
The RaMA ~ HaMapah
R. Moshe Isserlis
b. 1520 - 1572 Cracow, Poland
Taz ~ Turei Zahav
R. David ben Samuel HaLevi Segal , zt"l
c. 1586-1667 Poland
Vilna Gaon~ GRA~Gaon Rav Eliyahu , zt"l
R. Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer
b. 1720 - 1797; Vilnius, Lithuania
The Chatam Sofer, zt"l
R. Moshe ben Shmuel Schreiber
b. 1762 - 1839 Germany
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
R. Shlomo Ganzfried, zt"l
b. 1804 - 1886 Hungary
Torah im Derech Eretz
R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, zt"l
b. 1808 - 1888 Germany
The Malbim, zt"l
Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser
b. 1809 - 1879 Ukraine
R. Yisrael Salanter, zt"l a.k.a.
R. Yisrael Ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin
b. 1810 - 1883 Lithuania
Netziv ~ Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin
a.k.a. Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin , zt"l
b. 1817 - 1893 Belarus
Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, zt"l
b. 1817 - 1896 Russia
Beis Halevi
R. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, zt"l
b. 1820 Ukraine ; d. 1892 Belarus
The Chafetz Chaim
R. Yisrael Meir Kagan, zt"l
b. 1838 Belarus; d. 1933 Poland
Av Beis Din Eida Chareidis
R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld
b. 1849 Slovakia; d. 1932 Israel
The Alter of Slabodka
R. Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh) Finkel , zt"l
b. 1849 Lithuania; d. 1927 Israel
HaRaAYaH / HaRav, zt"l
First Chief Rabbi of Israel
R. Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook
b. 1864 Latvia; d. 1935 Israel
Chazon Ish
R. Avraham Yeshayah Karelitz
b. 1878 Belarus; d. 1953 Israel
R. Aharon Kotler, zt"l
b. 1891 Poland; d. 1962 USA
R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler , zt"l
b. 1892 Latvia; d. 1953 UK
Or Yechezkel - Darchei Ha'avoda
R. Yechezkel Halevi Levenstein, zt"l
b. 1895 Poland; l. Mir -China; d. 1974 Israel
Gadol HaDor ~ Reb Moshe
R. Moshe Feinstein, zt"l
b. 1895 Lithuania; d. 1986 USA
R. Elazar Menachem Man Shach , zt"l
b. 1898 Lithuania; d. 2001 Israel
The Steipler, zt"l
R. Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky
b. 1899 Russia; d. 1985 Israel
R. Yechiel Michel Feinstein , zt"l
b. 1906 Russia, l. US, d. 2003 Israel
R. Avigdor Miller, zt"l
b. 1908 Baltimore, MD d. 2001 NY, USA
Maggid Yerushalmi
Rabbi Shalom Mordechai Shvedron, zt"l
c. 1910 - d. 5758-1998 Jerusalem
R. Nosson Meir Wachtfogel, zt"l
b.1910 Lithuania; d.1998 Lakewood, USA
Chief Rabbi of Romania
R. Alexander /Alexandru Safran , zt"l
b. 1910 - d. 2006 Romania
R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l
b. 1910 - d. 1995 Israel
Gadol HaDor
R. Yosef Sholom Eliyashiv
b.1910 Lithuania; l. Jerusalem, Israel
Morah D'Asrah of Kiryat Mattersdorf
R. Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
c. 1910 NY, USA; l. Jerusalem, Israel
Rosh Yeshiva Knesses Yisroel, zt"l
HaRav Simcha Mordechai Ziskind Broide
b. 1912-2000 Chevron, Jerusalem, Israel
Tzadik HaDor
HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman
b. 1912 l. Bnei Brak, Israel
R. Shlomo (Gustav Karl Friedrich)
Wolbe / Volbe, zt"l
b. 1914 Germany, l.Sweden, d. 2005 Israel
R. Chaim Kanievsky
c. 1925 Bnei Brak, Israel
R. Dovid Feinstein
c. 1925 Luban, Russia; l. NY, USA
Av Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis
HaRav Yisroel Yakov [Dayan] Fisher, zt"l
b. 1928 - 2006 Jerusalem, Israel
HaRav NIssim Karelitz
Av Beis Din Tzedek Bnei Brak
Israel
Rosh Yeshiva Ponevezh
Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz
Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
b. 1931, l. Jerusalem, Israel
Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem
R. Avigdor Nebentzal
l. Old City, Jerusalem, Israel
Ashkenazi ChIef Rabbi of Israel #5
Rav Yisraël Méïr Lau
b. 1937 Israel
R. Shimshon David Pinkus , zt"l
Chief Rabbi of Ofakim
b. 1945 USA; d. 2001 Israel
Chief Rabbi of Lithuania
R. Chaim Burshtein
b. 1967 Russia; l. Israel, Lithuania
Chassidic
Followers of
the Ba'al Shem Tov
The Baal Shem Tov ~ Besht
Rebbe Yisrael ben Eliezer, zt"l
b. 1700 - 1760 Ukraine
The Alter Rebbe
Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, zt"l
b. 1745 - 1812 Russia
Yismach Moshe ; Admor d'Ujhel
Beit Satmar
Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, zt"l
b. 1759 - 1841 Hungary
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
b.1772; l. Breslov d.1810 Uman, Ukraine
Tzemach Tzadik~ Admor d'Vizhnitz, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendil Hager
c. 1775 Ukraine
Divrei Chaim ~ Tsanzer Rebbe
Beit Klausenberg
Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, zt"l
b. 1793 - d. 1876 Austria-Hungary; Poland
Chidushei Harim ~ Admor d'Ger, zt"l
Rebbe Yitzchak Myer Alter/ Rottenburg
b. 1798 - d. 1866 Poland
Admor d'Modzitz
Grand Rabbi Yisrael Taub, zt"l
b. 1849 - 1920 Poland
Pachad Yitzchok ~ 1st Rebbe of Boyan
Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman, zt"l
b. 1850- d. 1917 Ukraine
The Maharitz
Grand Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, zt"l
b. 1865 Slovakia; d. 1948 Israel
Minchas Elazar ~ Munkatcher Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapiro, zt"l
b. 1871 - 1936/7 Hungary
Chakal Yitzchak, Spinka Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss, zt"l
b. 1875 Romania; d. 1944 hy"d
Admor d' Aleksander , zt"l
Rebbe Yitzchak Menachem Danziger
b. 1879 Poland; d. 1943 Treblinka, hy"d
Rebbe of Amshinov-Otvotsk
Grand Rabbi Shimon Sholom Kalish, zt"l
b. 1882 Poland; d. 1954 USA
Admor d' Zvhil-Mezhbizh
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Korff , zt”l
b. 1883 Ukraine: d. 1952 Boston, USA
Avir Yaakov ~ Rebbe d'Sadigura, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman
b. 1884- d. 1961 Ukraine
Ba'al HaSulam
Rebbe Yehuda Leib Halevi Ashlag, zt"l
b. 1885- d. 1954 Poland
Modzitzer Rebbe ~ Niggun Master
Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub b. b. 1886 Poland; d. 1947 NY, USA
Alter Rebbe d'Nadvorna, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum
b. 1886 Poland, d. 1973 Tel Aviv, Israel
The Satmar Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum
b. 1887 Hungary; d. 1979 Monroe, NY
Admor d'Belz, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach
b. 1894 d. 1926 Galicia, Ukraine
Admor d'Neturei Karta
Grand Rabbi Amram Blau
b.1894 - d. 1974 Mea Shearim, Jerusalem
Shomer Emunim ~ Toldos Aharon
Grand Rabbi Aaron "Reb Arele" Roth
b. Hungary; d. 1946 Jerusalem
Rebbe of Hornistaiple-Milwaukee, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Twersky
b. 1898 Russia; d. 1973 USA
Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, zt"l
b. 1902 Ukraine; d. 1994 NY, USA
The Maharim, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Dushinsky
b. 1921 Ukraine; d. 2003 Israel
Novominsker Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
Boro Park, NY, USA
Rebbe Avrohom Yitzchok Ulman
d'Chasidei Dushinsky ~ Eida Chareidis
b. Hungary, l. Givat Shaul, Jerusalem
Spinka Rebbe of Jerusalem
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Kahana
b. Romania; l. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem
Rebbe Menachem Mandel
Kretshnif-Siget Rebbe d'Nadvorna, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rosenbaum
b. 1920-2006 Jerusalem, Israel
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Monsey
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Hager
c. 1920; l. Monsey, NY, USA
Bostonner Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz
b. 1921 Brookline, MA, USA; Israel
Darchei Noam ~ Slonimer Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Shmuel Brozvosky
Jerusalem, israel
The Bobover Rebbe, zt"l
Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Halberstam
b. 1931 Poland; d. 2005 NY, USA
R. Yaakov Meir Shechter
Breslov ; Rosh Yeshiva
Shaar HaShamayim
b. 1932 Mea She'arim, Jerusalem
Skverer Rebbe
Grand Rabbi David Twersky
b. 1940 Romania; l. New Square, NY
Rebbe Simcha Avrohom Halevi Ashlag
Moharil Ashlag Center
Bnei Brak, Israel
Admor d'Belz
Grand Rabbi Yissochor Dov Rokeach
b. 1948 Jerusalem, Israel
The Bobover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Ungar
b. 1954 l. Boro Park, NY, USA
Grand Rabbi Baruch Yaakov Meir Shochet of Karlin-Stolin
b. 1955 Jerusalem, Israel
Chassidic Dynasties
Sefard i
Iberian Peninsula; Asian;
North African; MidEastern
R. Shmuel ha-Levi ben Yosef ha-Nagid
a.k.a. Samuel ibn Naghrela, zt"l
b. 993 - 1056 Spain
Sefer Ha-halachot - the Rif , zt"l
R. Yitzhak Hakohen ben Jacob Alfasi
b. 1013 - 1103 Morocco
Mekor Chayim
R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol a.k.a. b en Yehudah
c. 1021 - 1058 Spain
Kuzari
R. Yehuda ben Shmuel Ha-Levi , zt"l
c. 1075 – 1141 Spain
Ibn Ezra ~ Sefer ha-Yashar
Chacham Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
b. 1092/1093 Spain; d. 1167 France
Rambam; Maimonides
R. Moshe ben Maimon, zt"l
b. 1135 Spain; d. 1204 Egypt
Ramban; Nahmanides
R. M oshe b en N ahman, zt"l
b. 1194 Spain; c. 1270 Israel
The Abarbanel , zt"l
R. Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abravanel
b. 1437 Portugal; d. 1508 Venice, Italy
Mechaber ~ Shulkhan Aruch
Yosef Caro / Karo
b. 1488 Spain; d. 1575 Tsfat, Israel
R. Menasseh ben Israel, zt"l
a.k.a. Manoel Dias Soeiro
b. 1604 Portugal; d. 1657 Holland
Chief Rabbi of Brazil
R. Isaac Aboab da Fonseca , zt"l
b. 1605 Portugal; d. 1693 Holland
The Chida, zt"l
R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai
b. 1724 Jerusalem; d. 1807 Italy
Yad Mosheh ~ Ma'aseh Nissim
Historical Account of the Ten Tribes...
Rav Moshe ben Yitzhak Edrehi, zt"l
b. 1774 Morocco; l. Holland, UK c. 1842
Ben Ish Chai
Chacham Yosef Haim, zt"l
b. 1832 - d. 1909 Persia
Bnei Yisrael Leader in Bombay
R. Yosef Yechezkel/Ezekiel, zt"l
b. 1834 Bombay, India
Mori Yihhyah Qafahh
Founder of Dor Daim / Dardaim
b. 1853 - 1932 Yemen
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Palestine
Rav Yaâqov Méïr, zt"l
b. 1856-1939 Jerusalem
Chief Rabbi of Iraq
Hakham Moshe Shamash, zt"l
c. 1860's Iraq
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #1
Rav Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel/ Ouziel , zt"l
b. 1880-1953 Jerusalem, Israel
R. Yitzchak Kadouri, zt"l
c 1890-1900 Iraq; d.2006 Israel
Beit El 2000
Baba Sali
R. Yisrael Abuhatzeira , zt"l
b. 1890 Morocco; d. 1984 Israel
Rabbi E. Cohen, zt"l
b. 1894 Athens, Greece
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #2
R. Yitzhak Nissim, zt"l
b. 1896 Bagdad, Iraq; d. 1981 Israel
Hakham Yedidia Shofet, zt"l
Chief Rabbi of Iran
b. 1908 Iran; 2005 LA, Calif., USA
Hakham Bashi; Chief Rabbi
R. David Asseo, zt"l
b. 1914 - 2002 Turkey
Siach Yerushalayim - Baladi Siddur
R. Yosef Kapach / Qafih, zt"l
b. 1917 Yemen; d. 2000 Israel
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #3
R. Ovadia Yosef
b. 1920 Iraq; l. Har Nof, Jerusalem
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #4
R. Mordechai Eliyahu
b. 1929, l. Jerusalem, Israel
Hakham Bashi; Chief Rabbi
R. Yitzchak/ Ishak Haleva
b. 1940 Istanbul, Turkey
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #5
Rav Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
b. 1941 - 2005 Jerusalem
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel #6
Rav Shlomo Amar
b. 1948 Morocco; l. Jerusalem
R. Yitzhaq/ Yitzchak Ratzabi
b. Yemen; l. Israel
R. Abraham Benjamin
Shaar Hashamaim Synagogue
Thane, India
R. Sharon Shalom
b. Ethiopia, l. Israel
R. Reuven Elbaz
Rosh Yeshivat Or HaChaim
b. Morocco; l. Bnei Brak, Israel
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