List of Polish rabbis

This is a list of Polish rabbis, who either lived in Poland or were born there.

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## Hassidism

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The rise of Hasidic Judaism within Poland's borders and beyond has had a great influence on the rise of neo-Haredi Judaism all over the world, with a continuous influence that has been felt from the inception of the Hasidic movements and its dynasties by famous rebbes until the present time. The following are noteworthy:

* Aleksander Hasidism
* Belz Hasidism
* Bobov Hasidism
* Ger Hasidism
* Nadvorna Hasidism
* Sassov Hasidism

## Polish Rabbis

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Some famous Polish and Polish-born rabbis include:

* Avraham Mordechai Alter, 4th Gerer Rebbe (the Imrei Emes)
* Pinchas Menachem Alter, 7th Gerer Rebbe (the Pnei Menachem)
* Simcha Bunim Alter, 6th Gerer Rebbe (the Lev Simchah)
* Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, 3rd Gerer Rebbe (the Sfas Emes)
* Yaakov Aryeh Alter, 8th (and current) Gerer Rebbe ()
* Yitzchak Meir Alter, 1st Gerer Rebbe (the Chidushei HaRim)
* Baruch Ashlag ()
* Yehuda Ashlag ()
* Zvi Hirsch Chajes ()
* Avraham Danzig ()
* Elimelech of Lizhensk ()
* Joshua Falk ()
* Yaakov Gesundheit ()
* Avraham Gombiner ()
* Kalonymus Haberkasten ()
* Yitzchok Hutner ()
* Pinchas Menachem Justman (the Sifsei Tzadik)
* Yisrael Meir Lau (later Chief Rabbi of Israel)
* Menachem Mendel of Kotzk ()
* Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz, first Radomsker Rebbe ()
* Shlomo Chanoch Hakohen Rabinowicz, fourth Radomsker Rebbe ()
* Shalom Rokeach of Belz ()
* Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin ()

## Rabbis philosophers born on Posen, West Prussia, etc

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* Ismar Elbogen
* Abraham Joshua Heschel
* Samuel Holdheim
* Kaufmann Kohler
* Moritz Lazarus
* Hermann Tietz (rabbi)
* Joseph Case

See also List of German Jews;

## Rabbis and philosophers born in Austrian Galicia

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* Rabbi Jacob Avigdor
* Rabbi Salo Wittmayer Baron
* Salomon Buber
* Zwi Perez Chajes
* Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz
* Rebbe Shalom Rokeach of Belz
* Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz
* Friedrich Weinreb

See also List of Austrian Jews;

## Rabbis philosophers born on Silesia, Brandenburg, Pomerania & Eastern Prussia

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* See List of German Jews;

## See also

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* List of Polish Jews, List of North European Jews (Lithuania, etc), List of East European Jews (Southern Lithuania - Belarus), List of Ukrainian Jews (Ukraine \- Galicia, Volhynia, et al.)
* List of Hasidic dynasties