- In
Jewish law, a
posek (Hebrew: פוסק [
poˈsek], pl. poskim, פוסקים [posˈkim]) is a
legal scholar who
determines the
application of halakha, the Jewish...
- 58:5–6
which relates proper fasting to
loosing the
chains of injustice. The
poseks had, by
virtue of
their ordination, the
power of
deciding disputes relating...
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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...
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HaLevi Belsky (August 22, 1938 –
January 28, 2016) was an
American rabbi and
posek of
Orthodox and
Haredi Judaism. He was one of the
roshei yeshiva (deans)...
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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...
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Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Religious roles Rabbi Rebbe Posek Hazzan Dayan Rosh
yeshiva Mohel Kohen Culture and
education Brit
Zeved habat...
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Nathansohn (1808–1875) (Hebrew: יוסף שאול בן אריה הלוי) was a
Polish rabbi and
posek, and a
leading rabbinical authority of his day.
Rabbi Nathansohn was born...
- (1813 –
September 13, 1889) was an
Iraqi Jewish hakham, rosh
yeshiva and
posek.
Abdallah Somekh was born in 1813 in
Baghdad to
Abraham Somekh, himself...
- 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...
- (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...
