Ḥayyim ben Joseph Vital: Quick Facts

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Isaac ben Solomon Luria

Jewish mystic

Saint Joachim

father of Virgin Mary

Johanan ben Zakkai

Jewish scholar

St. Anne

mother of Virgin Mary

Judah ha-Nasi

Jewish scholar

Gamaliel I

Jewish scholar

Ishmael ben Elisha

Jewish scholar

Abraham Isaac Kook

chief rabbi of Palestine

Gamaliel II

Jewish scholar

Shimon bar Yochai

Jewish scholar

Meïr

Jewish rabbi and scholar

Eleazar ben Azariah

rabbinic scholar

Gamaliel III

Jewish scholar

Sheikh Ahmad Yassin

Palestinian religious leader

Lazarus

New Testament parable figure

Theodore Bikel

Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist

St. Paul the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Moses

Hebrew prophet

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet

Yasser Arafat

president of Palestinian Authority