Distinguished Rabbis of Machon Harry Fischel
The following is a list of distinguished rabbis who were associated with Machon Harry Fischel over the years since its founding, some as scholars or researchers as part of the Machon's various programs and some as teachers.
The list was compiled in the year 2026 based on a review of archives as well as interviews with senior Machon alumni and staff. Given the Machon's long history it is not possible to view this as a fully complete list. Nevertheless, the names and accomplishments listed below attest to the illustrious standing of the Machon, and its place in history as a preeminent institute of talmudic research and law.
| Harav Hagaon R' | Ades | Yehuda | Rosh Yeshivat Kol Yaakov |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Arieli | Shmaryahu | Author of Mishmeret Ariel and other works |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Atlas | Avraham | Dayan in Haifa, Rav Kehillat Dor in Haifa |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Attiya | Avraham | Av Beit Din Beersheva |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Attiya | Nissim | Av Bei Din in Ashdod, Moreh Tzedek, and author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Bakst | Moshe Dovid | Editor of Encyclopedia Talmudit, one of the founders of the Machon, disciple of Rav Baruch Ber Leibowitz |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Ben Shem | Meir Dovid | Machon secretary, editor of the Encyclopedia Talmudit and other works |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Bialistotzky | Aharon | Rosh Kollel Ohr Torah (Rav Herzog), on the first review committee of Halachah Pesukah published by the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Borenstein | Yaakov | Rosh Yeshivat "Beit Mordechai-Zevihl" and Tiferet Avraham Itri |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Charlap | Yaakov Moshe | Member of the founding spiritual committee of the Machon, Rav of Shaarei Chessed |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Cohen | Yosef | Member of the Beit Din Hagadol, Rav of neighborhoods in Jerusalem, Chief Editor of the Machon's Halachah Pesukah, Rosh Kollel Dayanut in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Cohen | Yekutiel | Av Beit Din Ashdod - Jerusalem, editor of many sifrei kadmonim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Cohen | Shear Yashuv | Rav and Av Bei Din of Haifa, Rav of the Air Force, Vice-mayor of Jerusalem, President of the Machon, author of sefarim, son of "the Nazir" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Cymbalist | Chaim | Av Beit Din, Tel Aviv |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Donat | Menachem | Served as Rav in Frankfurt and other kehillot before the Holocaust, Machon librarian |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Drebkin | Dovid | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, Menahal Yeshivat "Ohel Torah," member of the editorial board of Otzar Haposkim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Druk | Shlomo Zalman | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, Rav of the Beit Knesset Hagadol in Jerusalem, author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Dyckman | Shmuel | Dayan in Haifa, author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Dzimitrovsky | Yisrael | Wrote several sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Elhadad | Amram | Av Beit Din Haifa - Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Eliezerov | Yaakov | Av Beit Din Jeruslaem, Tel Aviv, and Rav of the Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Eliezri | Shmuel | Member of Beit Din in Tel Aviv |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Elkarif | Refael | Head of Mosdot Netivot Chayim, Bnei Brak |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Elmaliach | Yitzchak | Dayan in Jerusalem, Av Beit Din Tel Aviv-Yafo |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Elyashiv | Binyamin | Rosh Kollel Tiferet Bachurim (son of Hagaon Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv) |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Elyashiv | Yosef Shalom | Posek Hador, learned and delivered shiurim in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Farbstein | Avraham | Rosh Yeshivat Chevron, learned in the Machon in his youth |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Frank | Shraga Feivel | Rav of the Yemin Moshe section of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Frank | Yehuda Leib | Son of the Rav of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Garbuz | Ephraim Zev | Author of Har Ephraim, Rosh Beit Hamidrash "Ohel Torah" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Gellis | Moshe | Editor of the Tosfot Hashalem series |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Ginzberg | Yaakov Meshulam | Rav of the German Colony, first editor of Halachah Pesukah published by the Machon and editor of Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Glazer | Naftali | Rosh Kollel in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Glazer | Moshe | Editor of Halachah Pesukah and other works published by the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Goldberg | Zalman Nechemiah | Member of the Beit Din Hagadol, editor of Encyclopedia Talmudit, Rosh Yeshivat "Daat Moshe-Sadigura" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Goldberg | Yosef | Av Beit Din in Jerusalem, Member of the Beit Din Harabbani Tel Aviv-Yafo and Ashdod, author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Grossberg | Moshe | Wrote sefarim on the Torah of the Rogatchover and participated in the Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Gutel | Shlomo | Marbitz Torah and author of various articles |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Hager | Yissachar Dov | Dayan, Av Beit Din in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Hager | Menachem | Dayan and Admor of Savaran |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Heishrik | Eliyahu | Member of the Beit Hadin Ha'elyon and author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Heizler | Noach | Rav of the Sanhedriya Hamurchevet section of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Heizler | Yosef | Av Beit Din in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Herzog | Yitzchak Isaac Halevi | Chief Rabbi of Israel, Dean and member of the founding spiritual committee of the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Hillel | Yaakov | Mekubal and Rosh Yeshivat "Ahavat Shalom" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Hutner | Yehoshua | One of the founders of Yad Harav Herzog and the Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Ilan | Mordechai | Av Beit Din Tel Aviv; author of sifrei Torat Hakodesh and Knesset Rishonim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Izerer | Chagai | Av Beit Din - Beit Din Hagadol |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Jacobowitz | Shmuel | Member of the editorial board of Halachah Pesukah and son of the former Chief Rabbi of England |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kahana | Chaim | Rav and Dayan in Givat Zev |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kahana | Yitzchak Zev | Author of sifrei halachah |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kahana Shapira | Avraham | Rosh Yeshivat "Merkaz Harav" and Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kahn | Paltiel | Dayan in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kalchayim | Uzi | Rav in various kehillot |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kaplan | Simcha | Rav of Tzefat and Av Beit Din Tzefat-Teverya |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Katz | Yaakov | Rosh Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh in the Old City of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kaufman | Chaim Aharon | Chairman of Vaad Hayeshivot |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kilav | Yaakov | Son-in-law of Rav Dov Kook, R"M in Yeshivat Merkaz Harav, Rav of the Bucharim and Tel Arza sections of Jerusalem, maggid shiur in Machon Bet Knesset |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kitzis | Gershon | Wrote various articles |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Klirs | Moshe | Rav of the German Colony, R"M in Yeshivat Itri |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kook | Avraham Yitzchak | Chief Rabbi of Israel, first President of the Machon and member of the founding spiritual committee of Machon Harry Fischel |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kook | Refael | Son of Rav Dov Kook, among the founders of the Machon and Rav in Bet Knesset Mishkan Yisrael |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kook | Dov | First Menahel of the Machon and brother of Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kroizer | Dov Meir (Berel) | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, author of sefarim, participant in the Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kugel | Eliezer | Maggid Shiur in the Machon for decades, Rosh Yeshivat Shevut Ami |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kuperberg | Yehuda | Participant in Halachah Pesukah project and editor of sifrei Rishonim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kurtztag | Chaim | Wrote various articles |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Kushelevsky | Tzvi | Rosh Yeshivat "Heichal HaTorah," (father of the "miracle baby") |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Lanel | Avraham Yitzchak | Av Beit Din of Rechovot and member of the Beit Hadin Harabbani Hagadol |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Levine | Simcha Shlomo | Youngest son of Rav Aryeh Levine, Rosh Kollel "Ne'ot Aryeh" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Lieberman | Yeshaya | Dean of Mosdot Merkaz Beit Yaakov |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Lifshitz | Yaakov | Editor of sifrei kadmonim in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Maayani | Betzalel | Editor of Machon sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Malka | Dovid | Av Beit Din in Jerusalem, Menahel Batei Din |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Man | Yehuda | Rav and Dayan in Toronto |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Markovsky | Yitzchak | Dayan and author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Markowitz | Shmuel | Publisher of the Machon sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Meltzer | Isser Zalman | Member of the founding spiritual committee of Machon Harry Fischel, Rosh Yeshivat "Eitz Chayim" |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Metzger | Binyamin | Educator and one of the foremost kiruv rechokim personalities |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Miletzky | Moshe Yosef | Av Beit Din of Jerusalem, Rosh Chaburah in the Machon, Rosh Yeshiva |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Nadav | Tzion | Marbitz Torah and Rosh Kollel |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Na'eh | Yisrael | Editor of many works |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Neiman | Shlomo | Rav of Ramot and Rav of the Police |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Prisman | Eliyahu Yitzchak | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, worked on Halachah Pesukah |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Pardes | Chaim | Av Beit Din, Tel Aviv |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Rabinowitz-Teumim | Binyamin Tzvi Yehuda | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, wrote sefarim published by the Machon and sections of the Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Rachelzon | Moshe | Rosh Yeshivat Ohr Sameyach and Rabbinical Advocate |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Rakover | Baruch | Av Beit Din in Haifa, compiler of sefer Birkat Eliyahu on Choshen Mishpat, which was published by the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Ralbag | Yitzchak | Head of the Moetzah Hadatit in Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Rappaport | Yitzchak | Dayan |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Raziel | Moshe | Head of the Machon Hagavoha L'Torah |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Rom | Yona | Rav of the Kerem section of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Salim | Avraham | Rosh Yeshivat "Meor HaTorah" and one of the gedolei hador of the Sephardic community |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Scheinfeld | Avraham | Member of the Beit Hadin Ha'elyon and editor of piskei batei hadin |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Schlanger | Moshe Chaim | Author of sefer Yesodot Hilchot Shabbat, published by the Machon, and a Maggid Shiur |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Schlesinger | Eliyahu | Rav of the Gilo section of Jerusalem and author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Schmall | Yaakov | Rav and Dayan in Antwerp and author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Schvartzer | Shalom | R"M in Yeshivat Beit Hatalmud |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Segal | Chaim Shalom | Editor of sefarim in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Shapira | Moshe | Moreh derech and deliverer of many shiurim on inyanei machshavah |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Sharabani | Yosef | Renowned mekubal, among the Rabbanim of Yeshivat Porat Yosef, learned for many years b'chavruta with Rav Yosef Cohen in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Shear Yashuv | Avraham | Dayan and Rav in Ramot, Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Sherman | Avraham | Av Beit Din at the Beit Din Hagadol |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Sinai | Reuven | Secretary in the Beit Din Hagadol, Rav of Kehillat Teiman in Machanayim, Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Slushtz | Chaim Moshe Aharon | Rav in Katamon and other places |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Sonnenfeld | Asher | Descendant of Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (Rav of Jerusalem), from the editorial board of Halachah Pesukah, author of sefarim, and one of the Rabbanim of Givat Zev |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Steiner | Asher | Rav and Dayan in Manchester |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Sugarman | Amnon | Rosh Yeshivat Hagolan |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Toker | Avraham Yitzchak | Author of sefarim, one of the geonim of Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Tubias | Yitzchak Isaac | Dayan and Rav in Beit Shemesh |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Tzadkah | David | Rav of Pardes Chana |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Tzelnik | Nachman | Author of several sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Wasserman | Elimelech | Dayan in Ashdod, murdered by Arabs ym"s at the entrance to Jerusalem |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Weinberg | Aryeh | Head of Mosdot "Lev Banim," son of the Slonimer Rebbe |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Weiser | Shimon | Member of the Beit Medrash for Halachah B'hityashvut |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Werner | Shmuel Baruch | Av Beit Din in Tel Aviv |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Yudelevitz | Shmuel Aharon | Author of the Me'il Shmuel, Rav of Mekor Baruch and Lifta in Jerusalem, Rosh Yeshivat "Beit Yosef," maggid shiur in the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Zaks | Mordechai | Among the first Machon Harry Fischel scholars, Rav of Kiryat Moshe and Zichron Moshe, author of sefarim, participant in Encyclopedia Talmudit |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Zemel (Avidan) | Avraham | Author of sefarim |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Zimmerman | Chaim | Rosh Yeshivat Beit Medrash L'Torah, among the heads of the Machon |
| Harav Hagaon R' | Zolty | Betzalel | Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, member of the Beit Hadin Hagadol |