posek

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concept

A posek is a Jewish legal scholar who interprets and rules on matters of halakha (Jewish law), often resolving contemporary questions by applying traditional sources.

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Label Occurrences
posek canonical 38

Instances (38)

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Rabbi Yaakov Moelin
surface form: Yaakov Moelin
Akiva Eiger
Gitel Sofer
surface form: Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Moshe Sofer
surface form: Moshe Sofer
Chazon Ish
Ran
Asher ben Jehiel
Isaac Alfasi
HaRosh
Rema of Kraków
Maharil
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad)
surface form: Ben Ish Chai
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
surface form: Ovadia Yosef
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein
surface form: Moshe Feinstein
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
surface form: Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg
surface form: Eliezer Waldenberg
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
surface form: Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
Rabbi Shalom Messas
Rabbi Asher Weiss
Rashba
Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher)
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
surface form: Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Trani (Mabit)
surface form: Moshe Trani
Karo family
surface form: Joseph Karo
Chafetz Chaim
Meir of Rothenburg
Rabbeinu Asher
Isaac ben Jacob ha‑Levi
surface form: Isaac ben Jacob ha-Levi
Avraham Shapira
Mordechai Eliyahu
Rabbi Israel Isserlein
surface form: Israel Isserlein
author Moshe Isserles
surface form: Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe
surface form: Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Yaakov Moelin