Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto in particular focused on the ' purpose of creation ' and how the will of God was to bring creation into perfection and adhesion with this upper force.

In his commentary on the Talmud, Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ) wrote:

* The works of Rabbi Moshe Isserles (" Rema "; Kraków, Poland, 1525 to 1572 ).

The Medieval rabbinic figure Maimonides ( Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ), also known as the Rambam, wrote a commentary to tractate Sanhedrin stressing a relatively naturalistic interpretation of the Messiah and de-emphasizing miraculous elements.

Rabbi Moshe Tendler, a leading rabbi at Yeshiva University, stated " It is very sad that an individual who attended our yeshiva sunk to the depths of what we consider a depraved society ,"

* Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Jewry for a quarter of the twentieth century.

A leading scholar of the Kabbalah, Moshe Idel ( Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic, SUNY, 1995, pp. 17 – 18 ), ascribes this doctrine to the kabbalistic system of Rabbi Moses Cordovero ( 1522 – 1570 ) and in the eighteenth century, Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement, as well as his contemporary, Rabbi Menahem Mendel, the Maggid of Bar.

* The Aram Soba Siddur: According to the Sephardic Custom of Aleppo Syria Rabbi Moshe Antebi, Jerusalem: Aram Soba Foundation, 1993

* Siddur Abodat Haleb / Prayers from the Heart Rabbi Moshe Antebi, Lakewood, New Jersey: Israel Book Shop, 2002

There are those who attribute Sifra diTzni ` uta to the patriach Yaakov ; however, Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi of Kamarno in his book Zohar Chai wrote, " Sifra diTzni ` uta was composed by Rashbi ... and he arranged from baraitas which were transmitted to Tannaim from mount Sinai from the days of Moshe, similar to the way Rabeinu HaKadosh arranged the six orders of Mishnah from that which was repeated from before.

Regarding the importance of Ra ` aya Meheimna, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero said, " Know that this book, which is called ` Ra ` aya Meheimna, which Rashbi made with the tzadikim who are in Gan Eden, was a repair of the Shekhinah, and an aid and support for it in the exile, for there is no aid or support for the Shekhinah besides the secrets of the Torah ... And everything that he says here of the secrets and the concepts — it is all with the intention of unifying the Shekhinah and aiding it during the exile.

22-volume " Or Yakar ," was written by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero of the Tzfat ( i. e. Safed ) kabbalistic school in the 16th century.

At this time, following attempts by the Lithuanian government to draft yeshiva students into the army, the Lithuanian Knesses Yisroel relocated to Hebron, after consultations between Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Yechezkel Sarna and Moshe Mordechai Epstein.

Failing to obtain a green light from the government, though with Allon's consent, on Passover in 1968, a group led by Rabbi Moshe Levinger rented the main hotel in Hebron as Swiss tourists, with Haim Drukman presiding over seder, and then refused to leave.

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Jewry

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, a leading Rabbinical authority for Orthodox Jewry of the second half of the twentieth century.

The Haredim maintain a delicate balancing act: on an individual level, Conservative and Reform Jews are seen as " innocents led astray " ( Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ).

* Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, one of the highest halachic authorities for much of the twentieth century

When dealing with the individual, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein is famously quoted as characterizing all

Also, there were other authorities such as Rabbi Pinchas and Moshe Moheh, and ben Asher and ben Naphtali often agree against these others.

* Rabbi Dr. Moshe David Tendler

The Palestinians have been associated with Amalek since 1974 when Rabbi Moshe Ben-Tzion Ishbezari of Ramat Gan made the association in a book. The equation began to circulate in Gush Emunim circles, and its full implications were spelled out by Rabbi Yisrael Hess in 1980.

Whilst the Mishnah Berurah and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein recommend wearing a woolen garment in accordance with the Shulchan Aruch's ruling, the Chazon Ish was known to wear cotton, in accordance with the ruling of the Vilna Gaon.

Rabbi Moshe Feinstein wrote that permission is granted to every woman who wishes to fulfil even those mitzvot which the Torah did not obligate ; and they indeed fulfil a mitzvah and receive the reward for the fulfilment of ït including saying the appropriate associated blessing ( as with shofar, lulav etc.

On his maternal line, Soloveitchik was a grandson of Rabbi Eliyahu Feinstein and his wife Guta Feinstein née Davidovitch, who in turn was a descendant of a long line of Kapulyan rabbis, and of the Tosafot Yom Tov, the Shelah, the Maharshal, and Rashi.

He argued with Rabbi Moshe Feinstein over the proper height of a mechitza ( divider between men and women in the synagogue ).

In 2006 Sherman was married to Lisa Kaplan by the senior Rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, Rabbi Eddie Feinstein.

Many authorities, including Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, permitted it, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe actively encouraged it, while some authorities forbid it.

Abulafia ’ s life inspired a series of literary works such as poems by Ivan Goll, Moses Feinstein ( not Rabbi Moshe Feinstein ) and Nathaniel Tarn ; Umberto Eco ’ s novel Foucault's Pendulum ; and a play by George-Elie Bereby ; in art, Abraham Pincas ’ paintings and Bruriah Finkel ’ s sculptures ; and several musical pieces.

In the words of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein: " Were it not for him, there would be no Torah study and no Fear of Heaven at all in America.

Over time, certain choices became established in certain communities ; in contemporary Jewish observance one may not choose his or her own haftarah, explains Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, as that would run against accepted custom.

Such dissenting voices include rabbis Rabbi Elazar Shach, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, and Rabbi Moshe Feinstein.

The recent ( 2011 ) translation by Artscroll, under the general editorship of Rabbi Eliyahu Klugman, includes comparisons with the Mishnah Berurah and the Igrot Moshe of Moshe Feinstein.

* Tahara Manual of Practices including Halacha Decisions of Hagaon Harav Moshe Feinstein, zt ' l, Rabbi Mosha Epstein, 1995, 2000, 2005.

Rabbi Chaim Volozhin ( Lithuania 1749 – 1821 ) reports in an introduction to Siphra Dzeniouta ( 1818 ) that he once presented to his teacher, the Vilna Gaon, ten different versions of a certain passage in the Sefer Yetzira and asked the Gaon to determine the correct text.

The Gaon affirmed Rabbi Chaim ’ s assertion, and said that he once began to create a person when he was a child, under the age of 13, but during the process he received a sign from Heaven ordering him to desist because of his tender age.

If, as has been suggested, the reference in the Talmud to " a star which appears once in seventy years that makes the captains of the ships err " ( see above ) refers to Halley's Comet, it may be a reference to the 66 CE appearance, because this passage is attributed to the Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananiah.

Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler was once waiting at a bus stop in a driving rain when a former student drove by in a van.

John " Rabbi " Duncan said once that Sandemanianism was " the doctrine of justifying righteousness along with the Popish doctrine of faith.

Besides his father, who was his principal teacher, Jacob quotes very often in the Turim his elder brother Jehiel ; once his brother Judah ( see Tur Orach Chaim, § 417 ), and once his uncle Rabbi Chaim ( ib.

* Chullin 2: 24 tells how Rabbi Eliezer was once arrested and charged with minuth.

Tosefta Chullin 2: 24 tells how Rabbi Eliezer was once arrested and charged with minuth.

Rabbi Eliezer ben Azariah says that this extends to a Sanhedrin that puts a man to death even once in seventy years.

The name Aish HaTorah, literally " Fire the Torah ", was inspired by the Talmudic story of Rabbi Akiva, the once illiterate 40-year-old shepherd who subsequently became the most famous sage of the Mishnah.

: Rabbi Akiva said: Shimon Ben Loga related the following to me: I was once collecting grasses, and I saw a child from the House of Avitnas ( the incense-makers ).

Comedian Jackie Mason, who had once been an ordained rabbi, provided the voice of Rabbi Krustofski.

Rabbi Krustofski was portrayed by Jackie Mason, who had once been an ordained rabbi, but had resigned to become a comedian.

A later responsum of Conservative Judaism was issued by Rabbi Elliott Dorff, who argued, based on precedents in 15th-19th century responsa, that many foods, such as wheat and oil products, which had once been forbidden when produced by non-Jews, were eventually declared kosher ; on this basis he concluded wine and grape products produced by non-Jews would be permissible.

Two centuries later ( 1150 ) there became known as poets Shabbethai ben Moses of Rome ; his son Jehiel Kalonymus, once regarded as a Talmudic authority even beyond Italy ; and Rabbi Jehiel of the Mansi ( Anaw ) family, also of Rome.

In April 1897 a Rabbi was arrested for not obtaining a permit for the performance of Birkat Hachama, a Jewish ritual done once every 28 years.

Rabbi Capers Funnye and Michelle Obama are first cousins once removed.

The Talmud ( Tractate Eruvin 53b ) relates that she once chastised Rabbi Jose, when he asked her " Which way to Lod?

According to the story, she once found Rabbi Meir praying that an annoying neighbor would die.

Nizhyn was once a major center of Hasidic Judaism and is the site of the Ohel ( tomb ) of the Hasidic master, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri of Chabad-Lubavitch.