Haredi Judaism - Rabbinical Leaders

Rabbinical Leaders

  • The Baal Shem Tov (18th century founder of Hasidism)
  • The Vilna Gaon (of Lithuania)
  • Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin (19th century founder of the Lithuanian yeshivoth)
  • Rabbi Moses Sofer (18th–19th century leader of Eastern European ultra-Orthodox)
  • Rabbi Yisrael Meir HaCohen Kagan, the Chafetz Chaim
  • Rabbi Avrohom Mordechai Alter, Third Gerrer Rebbe, driving force behind Agudas Yisroel in Poland
  • Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, one of the highest halachic authorities for much of the twentieth century
  • Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (leader of Haredim in Israel)
  • Rabbi Elazar Shach (leader of the Lithuanian community of Haredim in Israel)
  • Rabbi Aharon Kotler (founder of the Lakewood yeshivas in America)
  • Rabbi Ovadya Yosef (leader of Israeli Sephardi Haredim)
  • Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (leader of Israel's non-Hasidic Ashkenazi Haredim until 2012)

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