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This is a list of prominent rabbis. Rabbis are Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders.
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Rabbis: Pre-Mishnaic (Tannaim) (Zugot) (ca. 515 BCE – 70 CE)
Zugot
- Avtalyon, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II and convert to Judaism
- Hillel the Elder, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great
- Jose ben Joezer, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence
- Jose ben Johanan, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the Maccabean wars of independence
- Joshua ben Perachyah, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus
- Judah ben Tabbai, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome
- Nittai of Arbela, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of John Hyrcanus
- Shammai, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of King Herod the Great
- Shemaya, Nasi of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Hyrcanus II
- Simeon ben Shetach, Av Beit Din of the Sanhedrin during the reign of Alexander Jannæus and Queen Salome
Other
Rabbis: Mishnaic (Tannaim) (ca. 70–200 CE)
- Akiva, (c.40–c.137) 1st-century Judea, central scholar in Mishnah
- Eliezer ben Jose, the son of Jose the Galilean (?-c.160), famous for Baraita of thirty-two mitzvoth, and father of Rabbi Hananiah
- Judah haNasi, (?–c.217) 2nd century, Judah the Prince, in Judea, redactor (editor) of the Mishnah
- Rabbi Meir, considered one of the greatest of the Tannaim of the third generation (139-163)
- Shimon bar Yochai, 1st-century mystic, reputed author of the Zohar
- Rabbi Tarfon, member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE)
- Yohanan ben Zakkai, (c.30 BCE–90 CE) 1st-century sage in Judea, key to the development of the Mishnah
Rabbis: Talmudic (Amoraim) (ca. 200–500 CE)
- Abaye, (?–339) 3rd-century Talmudist
- Abba Arika, (175–247) known as Rav, last Tanna, first Amora, and moved from Israel to Babylon, 3rd century
- Abbahu, (c.279–320) 4th-century Talmudist
- Hamnuna – Several rabbis in the Talmud had this name
- Hillel, son of Gamaliel III, 3rd century, in Judea, grandson of Judah ha-Nasi, and younger brother of Judah Nesiah
- Hillel II, 4th-century creator of the Hebrew calendar, in Judea, son of Judah Nesiah, grandson of Gamaliel IV
- Judah II, 3rd-century sage, sometimes called Judah Nesi'ah and Rebbi like his grandfather
- Judah III, (?–c.320) 4th-century scholar, son of Gamaliel IV, and grandson of Judah II
- Rabbah bar Nahmani (c.270–c.330)
- Rav Ashi, (352–427) 5th-century Babylonian Talmudic sage – primary redactor of the Babylonian Talmud
- Rav Jonah
- Rav Nachman (?–320)
- Rav Papa (c.300–375)
- Rava, important Amora (c.280–352)
- Ravina, (?–421) primary aide to Rav Ashi in the redaction of the Babylonian Talmud
- Ravina II (?–499)
- Resh Lakish
- Shmuel (Talmud), (c. 165–c.257) rabbi of Nehardea, physician
- Yochanan, (180–279) primary author of the Jerusalem Talmud
Rabbis: Middle Ages (ca. 500–1500 CE)
- Abba Mari, (Minhat Kenaot), 13th-century French Talmudist
- Abraham ibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), (c. 1110–c.1180) 12th-century Spanish philosopher
- Abraham ben David of Posquières, (c. 1125–1198) 12th century, France
- Abraham ibn Ezra, (Even Ezra), (1089–1164) 12th-century Spanish-North African biblical commentator
- Abdullah ibn Saba', Rabbi convert to Islam, considered central figure in the configuration of Shia Islam.
- Abdullah ibn Salam, (550 - 630) rabbi, converted to Islam and was a companion of Islam's founder, Muhammad
- Amram Gaon, (?–875) 9th-century organizer of the siddur (prayer book)
- Asher ben Jehiel, (Rosh), (c. 1259–1327) 13th-century German-Spanish Talmudist
- Bahya ibn Paquda, (Hovot ha-Levavot), 11th-century Spanish philosopher and moralist
- Chananel Ben Chushiel (Rabbeinu Chananel), (990–1053) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
- David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva and chief rabbi
- Dunash ben Labrat, (920–990) 10th-century grammarian and poet
- Eleazar Kalir, (c.570–c.640) early Talmudic liturgist and poet
- Eleazar of Worms, (Sefer HaRokeach), (1176–1238) 12th-century German rabbinic scholar
- Eliezer ben Nathan, (1090–1170) 12th-century poet and pietist
- Rabbenu Gershom, (c.960–c.1040) 11th-century German Talmudist and legalist
- Gersonides, Levi ben Gershom, (Ralbag), (1288–1344) 14th-century French Talmudist and philosopher
- Hasdai Crescas, (Or Hashem), (c. 1370–c.1411) 14th-century Talmudist and philosopher
- Hillel ben Eliakim, (Rabbeinu Hillel), 12th-century Talmudist and disciple of Rashi
- Ibn Tibbon, a family of 12th and 13th-century Spanish and French scholars, translators, and leaders
- Don Isaac Abravanel, (Abarbanel), (1437–1508) 15th-century philosopher and Torah commentator
- Isaac Alfasi, (the Rif), (1013–1103) 12th-century North African and Spanish Talmudist and Halakhist; author of "Sefer Ha-halachot"
- Jacob ben Asher, (Baal ha-Turim ; Arbaah Turim), (c. 1269–c.1343) 14th-century German-Spanish Halakhist
- Jacob Berab, (1474–1546) 15th–16th-century proponent of Semichah (Ordination)
- Joseph Albo, (Sefer Ikkarim), (c. 1380–1444) 15th-century Spain
- Joseph ibn Migash (1077–1141) 12th-century Spanish Talmudist and rosh yeshiva; teacher of Maimon, father of Maimonides
- Ka'ab al-Ahbar, Iṣḥaq Ka‘b ben Mati, (?– 652/653) was a prominent rabbi from Yemen who was one of the earliest important Jewish converts to Islam.
- Maimonides, Moshe Ben Maimon, (Rambam), (1138–1204) 12th-century Spanish-North African Talmudist, philosopher, and law codifier
- Meir ben Samuel (c. 1060–1135) known by the Hebrew acronym (RaM) was a French rabbi and tosafist,
- Mordecai ben Hillel, (The Mordechai), (c. 1250–1298) 13th-century German Halakhist
- Nahmanides, Moshe ben Nahman, (Ramban), (1194–1270) 13th-century Spanish and Holy Land mystic and Talmudist
- Nissim Ben Jacob (Rav Nissim Gaon), (990–1062) 10th-century Tunisian Talmudist
- Nissim of Gerona, (RaN), (1320–1376) 14th-century Halakhist and Talmudist
- Obadiah ben Abraham of Bertinoro, (Bartenura), (c. 1445–c.1515) 15th-century commentator on the Mishnah
- Rashbam, (Samuel ben Meir), (1085–1158) French Tosafist and grandson of Shlomo Yitzhaki, "Rashi"
- Rashi, (Solomon ben Yitzchak), (1040–1105) 11th-century Talmudist, primary commentator of the Talmud
- Saadia Gaon, (Emunoth ve-Deoth ; Siddur), (c.882–942) 10th-century exilarch and leader of Babylonian Jewry
- Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, (c. 1150–c.1230) 12th–13th-century French Maimonidean philosopher and translator
- Tosafists, (Tosfot) 11th, 12th and 13th-century Talmudic scholars in France and Germany
- Yehuda Halevi, (Kuzari), (c. 1175–1241) 12th-century Spanish philosopher and poet devoted to Zion
Rabbis: 16th – 18th centuries
- See: Acharonim.
Rabbis: 16th – 17th centuries
- Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1699), 17th-century Sephardic scholar in England
- Jacob Abendana (c. 1630–1685), 17th-century Sephardic rabbi in England
- Isaac Aboab da Fonseca (1605–1693), 17th-century Dutch scholar and Kabbalist, first Rabbi in the Americas
- Abraham Amigo (c. 1610–c. 1683), Palestinian rabbi
- Bezalel Ashkenazi (c. 1520–c.1592), (Shittah Mekubetzet), 16th-century Talmudist
- Tzvi Ashkenazi (1656–1718), author of Chacham Tzvi
- Yair Bacharach (Havvot Yair 1639–1702), 17th-century German Talmudist
- Abraham ben Saul Broda (c. 1640–1717), Bohemian Talmudist
- Naphtali Cohen (1649–1718), Russo-German rabbi and Kabbalist
- Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (RaMaK, 1522–1570), 16th-century Holy Land Kabbalistic scholar
- Samuel Edels (Mahrsha, 1555–1631), 16th-century Talmudist
- Kalonymus Haberkasten, 16th-century Polish rabbi
- David HaLevi Segal, (Taz, 1586–1667, 16th-century Halakhist, major commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
- Abraham Cohen de Herrera (RabACH, c.1570–c.1635), 16th-century Kabbalist and philosopher Spanish and Portuguese Jews
- Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi (Bet Hillel, (1615–1690), 17th-century Lithuanian scholar
- Isaiah Horowitz (Shlah, c.1565–1632) 16th-century Kabbalist and Author, Eastern Europe and Israel
- Moshe Isserles (Rema, 1520–1572), 16th-century Polish legal scholar, author of Ha-mappah (component of the Shulchan Aruch)
- Yosef Karo (Mechaber, 1488–1575), 16th-century Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier of the Shulchan Aruch
- Meir ben Isaac (1482–1565) and his son Samuel Judah Katzenellenbogen (1521–1597) of Padua
- Elijah Loans (1555–1636), 16th–17th-century German rabbi and Kabbalist
- Judah Low ben Bezalel (Maharal, 1512–1609), 16th-century Prague mystic and Talmudist
- Meir of Lublin (Maharam, 1558–1616), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
- Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (1550–1619), 16th–17th-century Torah commentator
- Isaac Luria (1534–1572) (Ari, 1534–1572), 16th-century Holy Land mystic, founder of Lurianic Kabbalah
- Solomon Luria (Maharshal, 1510–1573), 16th-century Posek and Talmudist
- Menasseh Ben Israel (1604–1657), 17th-century Dutch rabbi and advocate of resettlement in England
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica) (1591–1657), Dutch rabbi, born in Salonica
- David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam), translator of Joseph Pardo's (his father) Shulchan Tahor into Spanish
- Joseph Pardo (rabbi) (c. 1561–1619), Italian rabbi and merchant
- Samuel Schotten (1644–1719), 17th-century rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Shalom Shachna (1495–1558), 16th-century Polish Talmudist, Rosh Yeshiva of several great Rishonim
- Sforno, 15th, 16th, and 17th-century family of Italian Torah scholars and philosophers
- Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno (Sforno, 1475–1550), 16th-century Italian scholar and rationalist
- Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (1542–1620), 16th-century Kabbalist
- Mordecai Yoffe ("Levush", c.1530–1612), 16th–17th-century Polish rabbi, codifier of halakha
Rabbis: 18th century
- Aharon of Karlin (I) (1736–1772), Hassidic leader
- Chaim Joseph David Azulai (Hida, 1724–1806), Sephardi rabbi and bibliographer
- Raphael Berdugo (1747–1821), rabbi in Meknes
- Haim Isaac Carigal (1733–1777), rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University
- Dovber of Mezritch (c. 1710–1772), (Maggid), Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
- Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist, and communal leader
- Elijah ben Solomon (the Vilna Gaon or Gra, 1720–1797), Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidism
- Elimelech of Lizhensk, (Noam Elimelech, 1717–1787), Polish mystic and Hasid
- Jacob Emden (1697–1776), German Talmudist and mystic
- Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708 – 1782) rabbi, Practical Kabbalist and alchemist
- Aaron Hart (1670–1756), Chief rabbi of Great Britain
- David Hassine (1727–1792), Moroccan Jewish poet
- Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov, c.1700–1760), mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism
- Yechezkel Landau (Noda Bihudah, 1713–1793), Posek and Talmudist
- Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (Kedushas Leivi, 1740–1809) Polish Hassidic Leader
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal, 1707–1746), Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic
- Hart Lyon (1721–1800), Chief rabbi of Great Britain
- Nachman of Horodenka (?–1765), Hasidic leader
- David Nieto (1654–1728), English rabbi
- Isaac Nieto (1702–1774), English rabbi
- Jacob Pardo, rabbi of Ragusa and Spalato
- Shalom Sharabi (1720–1777), Yemenite rabbi and Kabbalist
- Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), (Alter Rebbe of Chabad), mystic and Talmudist, founder of Chabad Hasidism and first Chabad Rebbe
Orthodox rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- See Orthodox Judaism.
Orthodox rabbis: 19th century
- Aaron of Pinsk (?–1841), rabbi and author of Tosafot Aharon
- Barnett Abrahams (1831–1863), dayan, Principal of Jews' College, London
- Shimon Agassi (1852–1914), Iraqi Hakham and Kabbalist
- Nathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Hassidic leader
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905), (Sfas Emes) Gerrer Rebbe
- Benjamin Artom (1835–1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
- Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906), Rabbi in Meknes
- Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893), (Netziv ; Ha'emek Davar) head of Volozhin yeshiva in Lithuania
- Avrohom Bornsztain (1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer), first Sochatchover Rebbe
- Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), (Maharatz Chayes), Galician Talmudic scholar
- Yosef Chayim, the Ben Ish Hai (1835–1909), Iraqi halakhist and preacher
- Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1818–1898), Rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem
- Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), (Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th–20th-century halakhist and posek (decisor)
- Jacob Ettlinger (1798–1871), German scholar and opponent of Reform
- Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first Rebbe of Boyan
- Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924), (Dor Revi'i) 19th–20th-century talmudist, chief rabbi of Klausenburg, a founder of Mizrahi
- Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia
- Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), Rav of Chust, Hungary and founder of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty
- Solomon Herschell (1762–1842), British Chief Rabbi
- Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899), German rabbi and philosopher
- Abraham Hillel (1820-1920), Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
- Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German rabbi, founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz movement
- Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of Przasnysz, Poland
- Jacob of Lissa (1760–1832), Galician Halakhist
- Malbim (1809–1879), Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael, (The Malbim), Russian preacher and scholar
- Raphael Meldola (1754–1828), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London
- Frederick de Sola Mendes (1850–1927), Sephardic rabbi in London and America
- Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), (Rebbe Nachman), Ukrainian Hasidic Rebbe and mystic
- Nathan of Breslov (1780–1844), Known as Reb Noson was the chief disciple and scribe of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
- Pele Yoetz (1785–1828), Rabbi Eliezer Papo, Rabbi of the community of Selestria, Bulgaria
- Moses Pardo (?–1888), Jerusalem-born rabbi of Alexandria
- Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick, (1841–1912) rosh yeshiva and educator
- Mnachem HaKohen Risikoff (1866–1910), 19th–20th-century scholar and author
- Yisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810–1883), Lithuanian ethicist and moralist
- Dovber Schneuri (1773–1827), second Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), (Tzemach Tzedek), third Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), fourth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (Chatam Sofer), Hungarian rabbi
- Yaakov Chaim Sofer(1870–1939), Baghdadi rabbi, author of Kaf ha-Chaim
- Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918), (father of the "Brisker Rov"), Eastern European rabbi
- Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, (1820–1892) author of Beis Halevi (the title by which he is recognized among Talmudic scholars)
- Hayyim Tyrer (1740–1817), Hasidic rabbi and kabbalist
Orthodox rabbis: 20th century
Hardal
- Yisrael Ariel (1939–), founder of the Temple Institute and one the liberators of the Western Wall in the Six-Day War
- Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces
- Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (1966–2000), Israeli leader of the Kahane Chai party and son of Rabbi Meir Kahane
- Meir Kahane (1932–1990), founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party, rosh yeshiva of Haraayon Hayehudi yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first Chief Rabbi of Palestine, philosopher and mystic
- Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz Harav and son of Abraham Isaac Kook
- Aryeh Levin (1885–1969), known as Reb Aryeh, Orthodox rabbi and activist.
Haredi
- Yehezkel Abramsky (1886–1976), author of Chazon Yehezkel
- Yisrael Abuhatzeira (1889–1984), Kabbalist
- Amram Blau (1894–1974), Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the fiercely anti-Zionist Neturei Karta
- Shmuel Bornsztain (1855–1926), Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe
- David Cohen (1887–1972), Rabbi, talmudist, philosopher, and kabbalist, noted Jewish ascetic who accepted a Nazirite vow
- Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953), (Michtav Me'Eliyahu) religious philosopher and ethicist
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky
- Baruch Epstein (1860–1941), (Torah Temimah), Lithuanian Torah commentator
- Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), ( Levush Mordechai), Talmudist and co-head of Slabodka yeshiva
- Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), (Igrot Moshe), Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist
- Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), (Kerem HaTzvi), author, leader and renowned scholar
- Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), (Alter / Sabba), early 20th-century founder of Slabodka yeshiva, Lithuania
- Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York
- Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader
- Boruch Greenfeld (1872–1956), (Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of Ohel Boruch
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe, killed by the Nazis in 1941
- Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980), (Pachad Yitzchok), European-born, American and Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Yisrael Meir Kagan (1839–1933), (Chofetz Chaim), Polish legalist and moralist, compiler of classic works
- Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), rabbinical leader and educationalist
- Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), ("Steipler Gaon"), Ukrainian-born scholar
- Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), (Living Torah) writer and mystic
- Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878–1953), (Chazon Ish) Haredi leader in Israel
- Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), last rabbi of Ansbach and a founder and an executive director of World Agudath Israel
- Aharon Kotler (1891–1962), Lithuanian scholar, founder of Lakewood Yeshiva in the United States
- Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001), long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium)
- Gershon Liebman (1905–1997), leader of the Novardok Yeshiva movement in France
- Elyah Lopian(1876–1970), known as Reb Elyah, among the most prominent rabbis of the Mussar Movement
- Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870–1953), renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), (Mr. Mendlowitz) European-born head of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the United States
- Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), (Ohr Somayach ; Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader
- Shulem Moshkovitz (?–1958), Hasidic rebbe in London
- Yisroel Ber Odesser (1888–1994), Breslover Hasid and Rabbi
- Chanoch Dov Padwa (1908–2000), (Cheishev Ho'ephod), rabbinical head of UOHC, London
- Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984), respected rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War II
- Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860–1920), fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch
- Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick (1882–1937), British rabbi
- Shimon Shkop (1860–1939), famed Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno
- Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848–1932), rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis community in Jerusalem during the years of the British Mandate of Palestine
- Abraham Sternhartz (1862–1955), rabbi in Ukraine and unsurpassed figure in the chain of transmission of Breslover teachings
- Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), (Satmar Rebbe), Hasidic Hungarian-American rebbe known for strong anti-Zionist positions
- Elchonon Wasserman (1874 - 1941) Prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Europe. He was one of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a noted Torah scholar.
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), (Lubavitcher Rebbe), Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh Chabad Rebbe
- Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903–1957), (Min HaMeitzar) European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the Holocaust
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New York
- Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), 21st-century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
Modern Orthodox
- Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Meir Berlin (1880–1949), (Bar Ilan) religious Zionist leader
- Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992) Talmudic scholar and philosopher
- Israel Brodie (1895–1979), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- Eli Cashdan (1905-1998), British rabbi
- Isidore Epstein (1894–1962), Principal of Jews' College, London
- Harry Freedman (19081-1982), rabbi
- Moses Gaster (1856–1939), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain
- Sir Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and professor
- Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire
- Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (1868–1953), British rabbi and dayan
- Moses Hyamson (1862–1949), British rabbi
- Immanuel Jakobovits (1921–1999), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist
- Moses Mescheloff (1909–2008), Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist Rabbi, Miami Beach and Chicago
- Chalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem
- David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of Paris
- Solomon Mestel (1886–1966), British rabbi
- Jonathan Sacks (1948–), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- Simeon Singer (1846–1906), editor of the United Synagogue prayer book
- Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University[1]
- Selig Starr (1893–1989), Chicago rabbi
Orthodox rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
Hardal
- Shlomo Amar (1948–), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Mordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), former Sephardic Chief Rabbi
- Yitzchak Ginsburgh (1944), American-born Israeli rabbi, currently president of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank
- David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael
- Israel Meir Lau (1937–), former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
- Dov Lior (1933–), Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Arba and Hebron
- Zalman Melamed (1937–), rabbi of Beit El
- Avigdor Nebenzahl (1935–), Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem
- Meir Porush (1955-), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael, son of Menachem Porush
- Menachem Porush (1916–2010), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael
- Avraham Shapira (1914–2007), former Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the head of Mercaz haRav yeshiva
- Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001), Renowned scholar of Talmud, Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva
- Adin Steinsaltz (1937–), 21st-century Israeli Talmud scholar and philosopher
- Moshe David Tendler, son-in-law of Moshe Feinstein, and noted bioethist
Haredi
- Elazar Abuhatzeira (1948–2011), Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known among his followers as the "Baba Elazar
- Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939), eighth and current Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger
- Shalom Arush (1952), Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions
- Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943–2015), Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement
- Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox Union, and recognized world authority of Jewish law
- Moshe Ber Beck (1934–), Orthodox rabbi and a chief rabbi of the Neturei Karta movement in United States.
- Eliezer Berland (1937), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement.
- Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi and dayan on the Badatz of the Edah HaChareidis
- Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944–2007), posek and kashrut authority
- Meir Brandsdorfer (1934–2009), member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the Edah HaChareidis
- Nachum Dov Brayer (1959–), present Rebbe of the Boyan
- Uriel Davidi (1922–2006), Hacham Uriel Davidi served as the chief rabbi of Iran from 1980 to 1994
- Michel Dorfman (1913–2006), de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist Russia
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Rebbe of the Dushinsky of Jerusalem
- Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the haredi world
- Gerrer Rebbes, Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the United States and UK
- Shlomo Goldman, Sanz-Klausenburger Grand Rabbi
- Shmuel Dovid Halberstam, Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough Park
- Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (1952–), Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, Israel
- Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran
- Shlomo Helbrans (1962–), Rebbe of the Lev Tahor community
- Moshe Hirsch (1923 or 1924–2010), Leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem
- Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, Grand Rabbi of the Boston Jewish Hasidic dynasty
- Mayer Alter Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe of Jerusalem
- Naftali Yehuda Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe
- Yitzchak Kadouri (1898–2006), leading 20th-century Kabbalist (Mekubal)
- Chaim Kanievsky (1928–), Israeli rabbi and posek, living in Bnei Brak, Israel
- Nissim Karelitz (1926–), Israeli haredi leader
- Meir Kessler, rabbi of Modi'in Illit
- Yitzhak Aharon Korff, Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh.
- Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), author of Ohr Hachamah
- Dov Landau, Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Berel Lazar (1964–), Chief Rabbi of Russia
- Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rebbe of Nikolsburg
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1955–), current leader of the Bobov
- Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty
- Yona Metzger (1953–), former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
- Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), author and renowned lecturer
- Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law
- Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Rebbe of Ropshitz
- Yaakov Perlow, Hasidic rebbe and rosh yeshiva living in Boro Park, Brooklyn
- Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, Rebbe of Skulen
- Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940–), current rebbe of Munkacs
- Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909-2001), author of Da'as Sofrim on Tanach and other commentaries
- Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka (1949–), Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak
- Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1948–), Belzer Rebbe
- Yechezkel Roth, Karlsburger Rav
- Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem
- Yitzchok Scheiner, Israeli rosh yeshiva
- Eliezer Shlomo Schick (1940–2015), Hasidic rabbi and prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachings
- Elyakim Schlesinger, English rabbi
- Dovid Shmidel, Chairman of Asra Kadisha
- Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1912), prominent Haredi rabbi and posek (halakhic authority)
- Aaron Teitelbaum (1947–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the Ruv of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York
- Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), Satmar Rebbe
- Zalman Teitelbaum (1951–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum
- David Twersky (1940–), Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York
- Mordechai Dovid Unger (1954–), currently Bobover Rebbe
- Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic rebbes in Israel and the United States
- Yisroel Dovid Weiss (1956–), United States Haredi rabbi, is an activist and spokesman for Neturei Karta
- Shmuel Wosner (1913–2015), prominent Haredi rabbi and posek
- Amnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in Israel
- Amram Zaks (1926–2012), rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak
- Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New York
- Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), 21st-century Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry
- Bezalel Rudinsky Rabbi in Monsey, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Reuvein and Darchei Noam, author of Mishkan Bezalel and Hiluchai Hadaf
Modern Orthodox
- Raymond Apple, Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issues
- Benjamin Blech, American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, noted author and speaker
- Levi Brackman, British-born rabbi
- Mordechai Breuer, Israeli rabbi, descendant of Samson Raphael Hirsch
- Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994), Jewish rabbi, religious teacher, composer, singer and pioneer in Baal Teshuvah Movement
- Mark Dratch, Instructor of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and founder of JSafe
- Barry Freundel, former rabbi of Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., convicted of voyeurism
- Manis Friedman, a noted biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker
- Menachem Froman (1945–2013), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leaders
- Menachem Genack, OU
- Moshe Gottesman, rabbi, educator and community leader.
- Irving Greenberg, American rabbi and writer on the relationship between Christianity and Judaism
- David Hartman, philosopher, author, and founder of Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem
- David Bar Hayim, founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael [2]
- Norman Lamm, American modern Orthodox thinker, head of Yeshiva University
- Joel Landau, New York rabbi associated with Yad Ezra V’Shulamit
- Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel
- Abraham Nissan, Jewish spokesman, writer, lecturer and teacher of Jewish matters. University and College President of the Jewish community of Mexico.
- Isaiah Rothstein, American Rabbi and civil rights activist
- Shlomo Riskin, Chief Rabbi of Efrat
- Hershel Schachter, leading posek for the Modern Orthodox Jewish community.
- Arthur Schneier, prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at Park East Synagogue, which hosted Pope Benedict.
- Zvi Sobolofsky, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in Bergenfield, New Jersey
- Steven Weil, Executive-Vice President of the Orthodox Union
- Avi Weiss, Founder, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
- Mordechai Willig, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, prominent posek for the Modern Orthodox community.
- Benjamin Yudin, rabbi of Shomrei Torah in Fair Lawn, New Jersey
See also article Modern Orthodox for a list of rabbis.
Conservative rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- See: Conservative Judaism.
Conservative rabbis: 19th century
- Zecharias Frankel, critical historian, founder of the "Positive Historical" school, progenitor of Conservative Judaism
- Levi Herzfeld, German rabbi, proponent of moderate reform
- Nachman Krochmal, Austrian philosopher and historian
Conservative rabbis: 20th century
- Philip R. Alstat, rabbi
- Louis Finkelstein, Conservative Talmud scholar
- Louis Ginzberg (1873–1953), American Conservative Talmud scholar
- Robert Gordis, leader in Conservative Judaism
- Jules Harlow, Conservative Judaism liturgist
- Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972), Conservative Judaism philosopher and scholar of Hasidism
- Isaac Klein, American Conservative rabbi and scholar
- Albert L. Lewis, Conservative rabbi
- Saul Lieberman, rabbi and scholar
- Marshall Meyer, American Conservative rabbi and human rights activist, founded a Rabbinical school and synagogue in Argentina
- Samuel Schafler, American Conservative rabbi and historian
- Solomon Schechter, scholar and a founder of Conservative Judaism
- Morris Silverman, American Conservative rabbi and liturgist
Conservative rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Ronald Androphy, Conservative rabbi of East Meadow Jewish Center, President of the Long Island Board of Rabbis and the East Meadow Clergy Association, member of the Board of Governors of the New York Board of Rabbis, past Chairman of the Rabbinic Advisory Committee of the UJA Federation of Long Island, and past President of the Rabbinical Assembly of Nassau-Suffolk.[2]
- Bradley Shavit Artson, Conservative rabbi, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University,
- Menachem Creditor, Conservative rabbi, activist, and founder of the Shefa Network
- Elliot N. Dorff, Conservative rabbi, bioethicist, and professor of Jewish Theology at the American Jewish University
- Amy Eilberg, Conservative rabbi, author and co-founded the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center in San Francisco
- Neil Gillman, Conservative philosopher and theologian
- David Golinkin, Masorti rabbi and halakhist
- Reuven Hammer, Masorti rabbi, author, and siddur commentator
- Louis Jacobs, founder of the Masorti movement in the United Kingdom, theologian
- William E. Kaufman, advocate of process theology
- Harold Kushner, American Conservative rabbi, theologian, and popular writer
- William H. Lebeau, Conservative rabbi and Dean of Rabbinical School at Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Aaron L. Mackler, Conservative rabbi and bioethicist
- Jason Miller (rabbi), Conservative rabbi, entrepreneur and technology blogger
- Jacob Neusner (1932–), Conservative trained scholar and writer
- Daniel Nevins, Dean of JTS Rabbinical School and author of inclusive teshuvah on homosexuality in Judaism
- Einat Ramon, first Israeli-born woman rabbi
- Paula Reimers
- Arnold Resnicoff, Navy Chaplain, AJC National Director of Interreligious Affairs, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
- Joel Roth, Conservative scholar and rabbi
- Ismar Schorsch, Conservative educator and leader
- Harold M. Schulweis, Conservative rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California and founder of the Jewish World Watch
- Alan Silverstein, Conservative rabbi of Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, New Jersey, and former President of the Rabbinical Assembly
- Gordon Tucker, Conservative rabbi
- Zvi Dershowitz (1928–), Conservative rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California
- Stuart Weinblatt, Conservative rabbi and founder of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Potomac, Maryland; President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Federations of North America
- David Wolpe (1958–), Conservative rabbi of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, California
Neo-Conservative rabbas: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Yaffa Epstein, rabba, teaches Talmud at Yeshivat Maharat and serves as the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.
- Mimi Feigelsohn, rabba and lecturer in the rabbinic school at American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
- Sara Hurwitz, rabba and assistant rabbi of Hebrew Institute of Riverdale and dean of Yeshivat Maharat.
Conservative rabbinical organizations
Union for Traditional Judaism
- David Weiss Halivni, Hungarian-American Talmudist of Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ)
Reform rabbis, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries
- See Reform Judaism.
Reform rabbis: 19th century
- Samuel Adler, German-American rabbi of Temple Emanu-El
- Moses Berlin, British Reform rabbi
- Emil Hirsch, American Reform rabbi and scholar
- David Einhorn, American Reform rabbi
- Samuel Hirsch, German-American philosopher of the Reform Movement
- Abraham Geiger, German Reform ideologist
- Samuel Holdheim, German rabbi and founder of classic German Reform Judaism
- Solomon Marcus Schiller-Szinessy, Hungarian-English Reform rabbi in Eperies and Manchester, first Jewish professor in Cambridge
- Leopold Zunz, German scholar, founded Science of Judaism school
- Isaac Mayer Wise (1819–1900), American Reform rabbi
Reform rabbis: 20th century
- Paula Ackerman, first female to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, not ordained
- Leo Baeck (1873–1956), Reform rabbi
- Pauline Bebe, first female rabbi in France
- Laszlo Berkowitz, Reform rabbi, Temple Rodef Shalom
- Lionel Blue, British rabbi, writer and broadcaster
- Abraham Cronbach, Reform rabbi & educator
- Maurice Davis, Reform rabbi, past Chairman, President's Commission on Equal Opportunity
- David Max Eichhorn (Jan. 6, 1906–July 16, 1986), Reform Jewish rabbi, author, founder of Merritt Island's Temple Israel,[3] and Army chaplain among the troops that liberated Dachau
- Elyse Goldstein, first female Rabbi in Canada, educator and writer
- Regina Jonas, first female rabbi in the world
- Julia Neuberger, British Reform rabbi
- Gunther Plaut (1912–2012), Reform rabbi and author, Holy Blossom Temple
- Sally Priesand, Reform rabbi, first female rabbi in the United States
- Abba Hillel Silver, Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
- Stephen S. Wise (1874–1949), Reform rabbi and Zionist activist
- Murray Saltzman (1929–2010), Reform rabbi
Reform rabbis: contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Arik Ascherman, American-born Reform rabbi and Palestinian human rights activist in Israel
- Denise Eger, former rabbi of Beth Chayim Chadashim (world's first LGBT Synagogue) and founder of Temple Kol Ami in West Hollywood, first female and openl lesbian to serve as president of Southern California Board of Rabbis, officiated at the first legal same-sex wedding of two women in California
- Alysa Stanton, first ordained Black female rabbi (Reform) in America
Reconstructionist rabbis, 20th and 21st centuries
Reconstructionist rabbis: 20th century
- Mordecai Kaplan (1881–1983), founder of the Reconstructionist movement in America
- Ira Eisenstein (1906-2001), founding president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
- Deborah Brin, one of the first openly gay rabbis and one of the first hundred women rabbis
Reconstructionist rabbis: Contemporary (ca. 21st century)
- Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
- Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, children's book author
- Tina Grimberg, leader in the inter-religious dialog
- Carol Harris-Shapiro, modern author
Karaite rabbis
- See: Karaite Judaism.
- See: Karaite Hakhamim.
Other rabbis
See Jewish Renewal ; Humanistic Judaism
- Steven Blane, American Jewish Universalist rabbi
- Capers C. Funnye Jr., first African-American member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis[4]
- Michael Lerner (1943–), founder/editor of Tikkun magazine
- Jackie Mason (born 1931), comedian and actor, received smicha from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein[5]
- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924–), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
- Arthur Waskow (1933–), leader of the Jewish Renewal movement
- Sherwin Wine, U.S. founder of Society for Humanistic Judaism
- Tamara Kolton, first rabbi in Humanistic Judaism
See also
References
- ^ "Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik as Philosopher". Spertus, Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. February 16, 2014.
This conference situated Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the great American Talmudist and Modern Orthodox leader, within the tradition of Western philosophy that includes ancient, medieval, and modern figures, ranging from Aristotle to Maimonides to Kant.
- ^ Ain, Stewart (January 14, 2001). "Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages". Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY): The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ New York Times obituary, July 23, 1986.
- ^ "Black Rabbi Reaches Out to Mainstream of His Faith", Nikko Kopel, New York Times, March 16, 2008
- ^ [1]
External links
Orthodox
- List of leaders, Orthodox Union
- Famous Rabbis, famousrabbis.com
- Gallery of Our Great, chabad.org
- Biographies of Gedolim, tzemachdovid.org
- Mini-Biographies of Gedolim , chaburas.org
- Cross-referenced Notes on Rishonim and Acharonim (PDF)
Conservative
Pan-denominational
- Torah Commentator Biographies, kolel.org
- List of Commentators, torahproductions.com
- E-Lectures Glossary
- RavSIG (Genealogy of Rabbinic families)