- In
Jewish law, a
posek (Hebrew: פוסק [
poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים [posˈkim]) is a
legal scholar who
determines the
application of halakha, the Jewish...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
Modern Posek in
Israel Shmuel Wosner (Shevet Halevi) (1913–2015),
Posek,
Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-born Halakhist,
Posek and...
-
Aruch haShulchan"
after his
magnum opus,
Aruch HaShulchan, was a
Rabbi and
posek (authority in
Jewish law) in Lithuania.
Yechiel Michel Epstein was born...
- Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an
Orthodox rabbi,
leading 19th-century
posek, and the
third rebbe (spiritual leader) of the
Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic...
- the
acronym Rema, was an
eminent Polish Ashke**** rabbi, talmudist, and
posek (expert in
Jewish law). He is
considered the "Maimonides of
Polish Jewry...
