Trending Rabbis this year
The 100 most-viewed rabbis this year on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Jesus Christ.
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380,530
Total Views (this year)
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Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
123,053
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2
Paul the Apostle
Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)
56,776
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3
Moshe ben Maimon
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
13,957
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4
Meir Kahane
Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
13,741
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5
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Russian-American Orthodox Jewish rabbi (1902–1994)
12,903
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6
Moses Gaster
British-Romanian academic and rabbi
7,313
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7
Sabbatai Zevi
Sephardic Rabbi
7,097
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8
Jackie Mason
American comedian (1928-2021)
5,293
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9
Hillel the Elder
Jewish religious leader of the 1st century
4,485
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10
Gaon of Vilnius
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
4,412
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11
Baal Shem Tov
Polish founder of Hasidic Judaism (1698–1760)
4,095
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views
12
Jacob Frank
Polish-Jewish religious leader
3,893
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13
Gamaliel
first-century leading authority on Jewish law in the Sanhedrin
3,848
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views
14
Rashi
French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
3,708
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15
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Czech rabbi
3,274
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views
16
Akiva ben Joseph
Jewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
3,208
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views
17
Ovadia Joseph
Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983
2,832
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views
18
Susan Silverman
American reform rabbi
2,747
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views
19
Isaac Luria
Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine
2,602
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views
20
Shlomo Carlebach
Jewish musician (1925–1994)
2,595
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views
21
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi and first Rebbe of Chabad (1745–1812)
2,538
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views
22
Hugo Gryn
British rabbi (1930-1996)
2,449
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views
23
Angela Warnick Buchdahl
American rabbi
2,414
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views
24
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist (1907-1972)
2,349
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25
Mendy Chitrik
Turkish rabbi (born 1977)
2,157
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views
26
Joel Teitelbaum
Grand Rebbe of Satmar Hasidim, opponent of Zionism (1887–1979)
2,147
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views
27
Nachman of Breslov
Hasidic rabbi (1772–1810)
2,115
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views
28
Ephraim Mirvis
South African rabbi
2,001
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views
29
Shimon bar Yochai
Jewish rabbi author of the Zohar
1,934
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views
30
Yitzhak Kaduri
Iraqi-born, Israeli Sephardic Haredi rabbi
1,899
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views
31
Jonathan Sacks
British rabbi (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013) and Member of the House of Lords L
1,895
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views
32
Abraham Isaac Kook
chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
1,851
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views
33
Judah Halevi
Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
1,748
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views
34
Eli M. Black
American businessman (1921–1975)
1,747
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views
35
Jacob Emden
German rabbi and talmudist (1697–1776)
1,714
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views
36
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto
rabbi
1,703
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views
37
Shnayer Leiman
American scholar & university teacher (born 1941)
1,642
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views
38
Eliezer Shlomo Schik
Israeli rabbi
1,587
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views
39
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
Israeli rabbi and extremist (1966-2000)
1,564
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views
40
Chaim Potok
American rabbi and author (1929–2002)
1,526
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41
Moshe Friedman
rabbi
1,477
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42
Abby Stein
Israeli-American author, rabbi, activist (1991-)
1,466
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views
43
Berl Lazar
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic Orthodox rabbi
1,453
views
views
44
Johanan ben Zakai
1st-century rabbi and an important Jewish sage
1,415
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views
45
Isaac HaLevy Herzog
1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
1,368
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views
46
Nahmanides
13th century Catalonian rabbi and scholar
1,347
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views
47
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Russian orthodox rabbi (1880–1950)
1,318
views
views
48
Joseph B. Soloveitchik
American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
1,317
views
views
49
Yechiel Leiter
Israeli policy analyst
1,259
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views
50
Sharon Brous
American rabbi
1,255
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views
51
Solomon ibn Gabirol
11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
1,246
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views
52
Chaim ibn Attar
Moroccan rabbi
1,245
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views
53
Abraham ibn Ezra
12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer
1,237
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views
54
Harold Kushner
American rabbi (1935–2023)
1,229
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views
55
Judah ha-Nasi
2nd century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah
1,225
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views
56
Yisroel Dovid Weiss
American rabbi and activist
1,221
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views
57
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian American rabbi (1881-1983)
1,219
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58
David Yosef
Israeli rabbi
1,199
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views
59
Nathan of Gaza
prophet
1,129
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views
60
Louis Finkelstein
American rabbi and scholar (1895–1991)
1,125
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views
61
Abraham Abulafia
Spanish Kabbalah teacher (1240-1291)
1,125
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views
62
Tovia Singer
American rabbi
1,113
views
views
63
Isaac Joseph
Israeli chief (Sephardi Jewish) rabbi
1,095
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views
64
Amichai Eliyahu
Minister of Heritage of Israel
1,090
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views
65
Saadia Gaon
rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak
1,088
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views
66
Isaac Abrabanel
Portuguese-Spanish Jewish businessman, exegete and philosopher (1437-1508)
1,080
views
views
67
Moshé de León
Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist (c. 1240 – 1305)
1,051
views
views
68
Ka'b al-Ahbar
7th-century Muslim scholar
1,022
views
views
69
Moshe Feinstein
Great Orthodox Jewish Rabbi of the 20th century (1895–1986)
1,018
views
views
70
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874–1949)
974
views
views
71
Elazar Shach
Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001)
954
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views
72
Baba Sali
Moroccan rabbi.
895
views
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73
Sharon Kleinbaum
American rabbi
861
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74
Leo Baeck
German-born rabbi, scholar and theologian (1873–1956)
859
views
views
75
David Wolpe
American rabbi
852
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76
Gavriel Holtzberg
American-Israeli rabbi.
837
views
views
77
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
829
views
views
78
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Polish rabbi (1838–1933)
827
views
views
79
Rbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
Rbi Third Chabad Rebbe (1789–1866)
823
views
views
80
Moses Sofer
Austro-Hungarian rabbi
817
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views
81
Philip Berg
American astrologer and astrological writer
808
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82
Samson Raphael Hirsch
Jewish theologian, Germany 19th century (1808–1888)
805
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views
83
Mordechai Eliyahu
Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)
803
views
views
84
Chaim Kanievsky
Haredi rabbi in Israel
785
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views
85
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
779
views
views
86
Marc Schneier
American rabbi
764
views
views
87
Dov Lior
Israeli rabbi
749
views
views
88
Aaron Teitelbaum
American rabbi
741
views
views
89
Yisrael Meir Lau
Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937)
734
views
views
90
Dov Lando
Israeli rabbi
724
views
views
91
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Israeli rabbi (1878-1953)
719
views
views
92
Ethan Tucker
co-founder of Yeshivat Hadar in Manhattan
719
views
views
93
Rabbi Meir
Jewish rabbi
714
views
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94
Onkelos
author of an edition of the Targum
714
views
views
95
Moshe Reuven Azman
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine
710
views
views
96
Zvi Yehuda Kook
Religious zionist leader (1891–1982)
707
views
views
97
Avi Weiss
American Modern Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Open Orthodox movement
703
views
views
98
Manis Friedman
American rabbi
703
views
views
99
Jeremy England
American physicist and rabbi
691
views
views
100
Delphine Horvilleur
French rabbi, journalist and editor
686
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