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Halakhah: Quick Facts

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

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Woodcut-style illustration of Akiba ben Joseph seated with a long beard, wearing robes and a cap, resting his chin on his hand in a thoughtful pose with radiating lines behind him.
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Philo Judaeus
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Johanan ben Zakkai
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Akiva ben Yosef
Akiva ben Yosef
Jewish sage and rabbinic founder
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Gamaliel I
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Judah ha-Nasi
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Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish scholar
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Meïr
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Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi
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Ezekiel Landau
Polish rabbi
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Isaac ben Moses Of Vienna
European scholar
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Louis Ginzberg
Lithuanian-American scholar
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Eleazar ben Azariah
rabbinic scholar