Sephardi Jews - Leading Sephardi Rabbis

Leading Sephardi Rabbis


"Proto-Sephardim"
(Geonim/Rishonim from the Near East or North Africa accepted as authorities by Sephardim)
  • Saadia Gaon
  • Amram Gaon
  • Ḥananel ben Ḥushiel
  • Nissim Gaon
Islamic Spain
  • Isaac Alfasi
  • Joseph ibn Migash
  • Judah al-Bargeloni
  • Solomon ibn Gabirol
  • Abraham ibn Ezra


  • Moses ibn Ezra
  • Judah ha-Levi
  • Samuel ibn Naghrela
  • Bahya ibn Paquda
  • Maimonides
Christian Spain
  • Nahmanides
  • Solomon ben Adret
  • Yom Tob of Seville (the Ritba)
  • Nissim of Gerona
  • Asher ben Jehiel (Ashkenazi by birth, became Chief Rabbi of Toledo)
  • Jacob ben Asher
  • Moses de Leon


  • David Abudirham
  • Isaac Campanton
  • Isaac Aboab
After the expulsion
  • Yehuda Vivas
  • David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra
  • Jacob Berab
  • Levi ibn Ḥabib
  • Joseph Caro
  • Bezalel Ashkenazi
  • Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
  • Ḥayim Vital
  • Moses Alshech
  • Solomon Nissim Algazi


  • Yaakov Culi
  • Hayim Palaggi
Recent Sephardi rabbis
  • Yosef Hayyim
  • Elijah Benamozegh
  • Shem Tob Gaguine
  • Solomon Gaon
  • David de Sola Pool
  • Obadiah Yosef
  • Mordechai Eliyahu
  • Shlomo Amar

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