• In Jewish law, a posek (Hebrew: פוסק [poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים‎ [posˈkim]) is a legal scholar who determines the application of halakha, the Jewish...
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  • Modern Posek in Israel Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi) (1913–2015), Posek, Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-born Halakhist, Posek and...
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    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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  • 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...
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    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...
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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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    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...
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    (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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • composer Irving Berlin Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American rosh yeshiva and posek Israel Bissell (1752–1823), American post rider and colonial militia officer...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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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    Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic...
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  • 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...
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  • presiding dayanim. The av beth din will usually be a highly respected rabbi and posek, who can give responsa. Traditionally, the salaried rabbi of the local Jewish...
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