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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)

Ashkenazi

East European, Litvish, West European, Slavic



Rashi R. Shlomo Yitzhaqi, zt"l b. 1040 - d. 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, zt"l c. 1270 Germany - d. 1340 Spain


The RaMA ~ HaMapah R. Moshe Isserlis, zt"l b. 1520 - d. 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 - d. 1797 Vilnius, Lithuania


The Chatam Sofer, zt"l R. Moshe ben Shmuel Schreiber b. 1762 - d. 1839 Germany


Kitzur Shulchan Aruch R. Shlomo Ganzfried, zt"l b. 1804 - d. 1886 Hungary


Torah im Derech Eretz R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, zt"l b. 1808 - d. 1888 Germany


The Malbim, zt"l Meïr Leibush ben Jehiel Michel Weiser b. 1809 - d. 1879 Ukraine


R. Yisrael Salanter, zt"l a.k.a. R. Yisrael Ben Ze'ev Wolf Lipkin b. 1810 - d. 1883 Lithuania


Netziv ~ Rosh Yeshiva of Volozhin Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin a.k.a. Reb Hirsch Leib Berlin, zt"l b. 1817 - d. 1893 Belarus


Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, zt"l b. 1817 - d. 1896 Russia


Beis Halevi R. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, zt"l b. 1820 Ukraine - d. 1892 Belarus



Chafetz Chaim R. Yisrael Meir Kagan, zt"l b. 1838 Belarus - d. 1933 Poland


Av Beis Din Eida Chareidis R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, zt"l 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, zt"l 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 - 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- d. 2000 Hevron, Jerusalem, Israel


Tzadik HaDor HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman b. 1912 - l. Bnei Brak, Israel


R. Shlomo Wolbe / Volbe, zt"l a.k.a. Gustav Karl Friedrich Volbe 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 - d. 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 - d. 1760 Ukraine


The Alter Rebbe Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, zt"l b. 1745 - d. 1812 Russia


Yismach Moshe ~ Admor d'Ujhel Beit Satmar Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, zt"l b. 1759 - d. 1841 Hungary


Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, zt"l 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 - d. 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 - d. 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


Niggun Master ~ Modzitzer Rebbe, zt"l Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidya Elazar Taub, 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, zt"l b.1894 - d. 1974 Mea Shearim, Jerusalem


Shomer Emunim ~ Toldos Aharon Grand Rabbi Aaron "Reb Arele" Roth, zt"l 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

Sefardi

Iberian Peninsula, Asian, North African, MidEastern


Rabban Gamliel Ha-Zakḳen a.k.a. Gamaliel the Elder, zt"l b. ? - d. 50 c.e. Israel


Rabina, zt"l Head of the Academy of Sura b. ±400 - d. 12/2/499 c.e. Babylon


Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon Rav Sherira Gaon, zt"l Head of the Academy of Pumbeditha b. ░±900 - d. ±1000 c.e. Babylon


R. Shmuel ha-Levi ben Yosef ha-Nagid a.k.a. Samuel ibn Naghrela, zt"l b. 993 - d. 1056 Spain


Sefer Ha-halachot - the Rif, zt"l R. Yitzhak Hakohen ben Jacob Alfasi b. 1013 - d. 1103 Morocco


Mekor Chayim R. Shlomo ibn Gabirol, zt"l a.k.a. ben 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, zt"l b. 1092/1093 Spain - d. 1167 France


Rambam ~ Maimonides R. Moshe ben Maimon, zt"l b. 1135 Spain - d. 1204 Egypt


Ramban ~ Nahmanides R. Moshe ben Nahman, 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, zt"l 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 - d. 1932 Yemen


Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Palestine Rav Yaâqov Méïr, zt"l b. 1856- d. 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, zt"l 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