In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פוסק [poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים‎ [posˈkim]) is a legal scholar who determines the application of halakha, the Jewish...

Modern Posek in Israel Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi) (1913–2015), Posek, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-born Halakhist, Posek and...

Selayar of Riau Islands between Lingga and Singkep. Singkep with Pulau Posek to the west, Pulau Serak to the southwest, and Pulau Lalang to the south...

yeshivas (deans of yeshivas), or a posek, often identified as an expert in the Shulkhan Arukh. (This recognition of a posek is often limited to Haredi communities...

Yitzchak Abadi (born March 12, 1933) is an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and Posek and a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in the United States and around...

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rabbi Aryeh Tzvi Frumer (1884–1943), Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva, and posek Aryeh Gamliel (1951–2021), Israeli politician Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg...

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Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit Zeved habat...

Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Sivan, 5770), was an Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader. The son of a Jerusalem Kabbalist, in his youth, Eliyahu...

(1813 – September 13, 1889) was an Iraqi Jewish hakham, rosh yeshiva and posek. Abdallah Somekh was born in 1813 in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself...

posek, commentator on the Mishnah, and Paytan David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra, (1479–1573) also called Radbaz, born in Spain, was a leading posek, rosh...

may be considered binding for the posek's questioner or immediate community. Depending on the stature of the posek and the quality of the decision, an...

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Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit Zeved habat...

Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit Zeved habat...

1986) was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, scholar, and posek (authority on halakha—Jewish law). He has been called the most famous Orthodox...

composer Irving Berlin Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American rosh yeshiva and posek Israel Bissell (1752–1823), American post rider and colonial militia officer...

September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and...

Rabbinate of Israel Hakham List of rabbis List of rabbinical schools Mashpia Posek Rav muvhak Reb (Yiddish) Talmid Chakham These include the Central Council...

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Kohen Gadol Lamdan Maggid Maran Mashgiach ruchani Mashpia Meiniach Nagid Posek Rav Rebbe Rishon LeZion Rosh yeshiva Savoraim Segan Talmid Chacham Tzadik...

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abbreviation of his magnum opus BAyit CHadash), was a prominent Ashkenazi posek and halakhist, who lived in Central Europe and held rabbinical positions...

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Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic...

58:5–6 which relates proper fasting to loosing the chains of injustice. The poseks had, by virtue of their ordination, the power of deciding disputes relating...

Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit Zeved habat...

Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and education Brit Zeved habat...