- 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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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...
- 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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Selayar of Riau
Islands between Lingga and Singkep.
Singkep with ****u
Posek to the west, ****u
Serak to the southwest, and ****u
Lalang to the south...
- יוסף שלום אלישיב; 10
April 1910 – 18 July 2012) was a
Haredi rabbi and
posek (arbiter of
Jewish law) who
lived in Jerusalem.
Until his
death at the age...
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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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Aruch haShulchan"
after his
magnum opus,
Aruch HaShulchan, was a
Rabbi and
posek (authority in
Jewish law) in Lithuania.
Yechiel Michel Epstein was born...
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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...
- (Usher, Osher)
Zelig Weiss (Hebrew: אשר וייס; born
March 25, 1953) is a
posek (decisor on
points of
Jewish law), rosh
kollel (dean) of
Machon Minchas...
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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...
