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Rabbinic & Medieval Sages
חז״ל וראשונים
Tannaim, Amoraim, Geonim, and Rishonim who codified halakha, Talmudic discourse, and medieval scholarship.
#5Tier I
Moses Maimonides (Rambam)
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204The intellectual colossus of the medieval Jewish world, whose codification of Jewish law and synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and Torah reshaped both rabbinic tradition and Western philosophy.
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#20Tier I
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki)
1040 CE – July 13, 1105The master commentator of Jewish civilization, whose verse-by-verse commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and the Babylonian Talmud unlocked the texts for all subsequent generations.
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#21Tier I
Isaac Luria
Historical –Rabbi and Kabbalist (c.1534–1572)
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#22Tier I
Joseph Karo
1488 – 1575Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
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#43Tier II
Saadia Gaon
892 – 94210th-century rabbi
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#44Tier II
Nachmanides
Historical –13th century Sephardic rabbi and scholar
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#45Tier II
Shimon bar Yochai
Historical –Tannaitic sage of the 2nd century
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#101Tier III
Rabbi Meir
139 – 1632nd century Jewish rabbi
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#102Tier III
Abba Arikha
175 – 247Jewish Babylonian scholar (175–247)
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#103Tier III
Rav Ashi
352 – 427Babylonian rabbi
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#104Tier III
Isaac Alfasi
1013 – 1103Maghrebi Talmudist and posek, commonly referred to as "the Rif" (1013–1103)
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#105Tier III
Hayim Vital
1542 – 1620Rabbi and foremost disciple of Isaac Luria (1542–1620)
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#174Tier III
Moses Isserles
Historical –Polish rabbi
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#183Tier III
Ravina II
Historical –Late 5th-century rabbi and redactor of the Talmud
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#185Tier III
Hanina ben Dosa
Historical –Mishnah Rabbi
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#186Tier III
Sherira Gaon
Historical –10th century gaon of the Academy of Pumbeditha
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#187Tier III
Yehuda al-Harizi
Historical –Andalusian rabbi, translator and poet (f. 12th century)
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#188Tier III
Moses Cordovero
Historical –Italian physician
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#189Tier III
Rav Huna
Historical –3rd century Babylonian Talmudist and Exilarch
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#190Tier III
Tarfon
Historical –Late 1st/early 2nd century Jewish rabbi and sage
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#196Tier III
Rabbenu Tam
Historical –Twelfth-century French Ashkenazi rabbi, leading Tosafist, & leading halakhic authority
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#197Tier III
Bahya ibn Paquda
Historical –Spanish Jewish philosopher and rabbi (c.1050–1120)
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#201Tier III
Rabbah bar Nahmani
Historical –Babylonian Jewish Talmudist
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#202Tier III
Asher ben Jehiel
Historical –Rabbi and Talmudist (1250/1259–1327)
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#203Tier III
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Historical –1st/2nd-century Judean rabbi and tanna
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#207Tier III
Judah Halevi
Historical –Iberian philosopher and poet (c.1075–1141)
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#209Tier III
Gamaliel II
Historical –Judean rabbi and nasi from c. 80 to c. 118
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#212Tier III
Joshua ben Hananiah
Historical –Late 1st/early 2nd century Jewish tanna and sage
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#214Tier III
Yehuda bar Ilai
Historical –Pioneering contributor in Rabbinic & Medieval Sages whose work shaped human civilization and Jewish historical heritage.
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#215Tier III
Yose ben Halafta
Historical –2nd century Talmud rabbi and tanna
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#219Tier III
Moses ibn Ezra
Historical –11th/12th-century Andalusian Jewish philosopher, linguist and poet
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#223Tier III
Samuel of Nehardea
Historical –Babylonian rabbi (c.165-c.254)
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#227Tier III
Rav Hisda
Historical –Babylonian Jewish Talmudist
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#228Tier III
Meir of Rothenburg
Historical –German rabbi and poet (c.1215–1293)
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#229Tier III
Hai Gaon
Historical –Gaon of Academy of Pumbedita
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#231Tier III
Abraham ibn Ezra
Historical –12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
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#624Tier V
Rav Nachman
Historical –Babylonian rabbi
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#625Tier V
Gershom ben Judah
Historical –Rabbi
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#801Tier V
Rashbam
Historical –French rabbi
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#802Tier V
Jacob ben Asher
Historical –German rabbinic authority (c. 1269 - c. 1343)
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