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

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