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

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...

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

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...

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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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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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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Aruch haShulchan" after his magnum opus, Aruch HaShulchan, was a Rabbi and posek (authority in Jewish law) in Lithuania. Yechiel Michel Epstein was born...

work Chavos Yair or Chavot Yair) was a German rabbi and major 17th century posek, who lived first in Koblenz and then the remainder of his life in Worms...

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...

These restrictions are waived in the case of health issues. A competent posek, a rabbi who decides Jewish Law, must be consulted. Those who are ill will...

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...

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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Schachter (born (1941-07-28)July 28, 1941) is an American Orthodox rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)...

30 July 1886, in Ungvár, Ung, Royal Hungary) was an Orthodox rabbi and posek best known as the author of the work of Halakha (Jewish law), the Kitzur...

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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the acronym Rema, was an eminent Polish Ashkenazi rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law). He is considered the "Maimonides of Polish Jewry...

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(Hebrew: יצחק אלחנן ספקטור; 1817 - March 6, 1896) was a Russian rabbi, posek and Talmudist of the 19th century. Spektor was born in Ros', Belarus (Yiddish:...

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Avraham Danzig (ben Yehiel Michael, 1748—1820; אברהם דנציג) was a rabbi, posek (legal decisor) and codifier, best known as the author of the works of Jewish...

זילברשטיין, also spelled Silberstein) (born 1934) is a prominent Orthodox rabbi, posek (Jewish legal authority) and expert in medical ethics. He is the av beis...