Sages & Scholars
Nachman of Breslov
Hasidic master whose disciples refuse to appoint a successor--even two centuries after his death.
Isaac Luria and Kabbalah in Safed
After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the center of kabbalistic study moved to the town of Safed in northern Palestine.
Who Was the Chofetz Chayyim?
This influential 20th-century Jewish figure established his reputation first and foremost as an opponent of lashon hara, evil speech.
The Geonic Period
During this time Babylonia was the spiritual and political center of Diaspora Jewry, and Jewish communities looked to the Geonim for authoritative teachings on halachic matters.
Abraham Isaac Kook
According to Kook, Jews can only reach their full spiritual potential in the Land of Israel.