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Also Known As Halachot • Halakha • Halakhot • Halachah • Halakhoth • Halakah

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Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Johanan ben Zakkai
Jewish scholar
Akiva ben Yosef
Akiva ben Yosef
Jewish sage and rabbinic founder
Judah ha-Nasi
Jewish scholar
Lag ba-ʿOmer
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
Meïr
Jewish rabbi and scholar
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi
Jewish scholar
Gamaliel I
Jewish scholar
Ezekiel Landau
Polish rabbi
Isaac ben Moses Of Vienna
European scholar
Louis Ginzberg
Lithuanian-American scholar
Eleazar ben Azariah
rabbinic scholar