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Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg
Accepted on 21 May 2006

Support:
 * 1) Nesher 13:14, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Daniel575 13:56, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) JFW | T@lk  19:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Shuki 22:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Ayinyud 15:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --רח"ק | Talk 06:30, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments: That's so huge!Ayinyud 15:08, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's a tiny article and doesn't adequately describe such a famous figure
 * A transitional figure uniting the US and Israeli Haredi community. Most sought after for his counsel, approbations and speeches. We need to find a reliable source on the number of arba kanfos he actually wears. JFW | T@lk  19:44, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's crazy, isn't it, about the tzitzis? He was sandek at my son's bris mila. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 14:15, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Accepted on 28 May 2006

Support:
 * 1) Yodamace1 18:39, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Bachrach44 02:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC) - Yeah, we really should have a page for him.
 * 3) Nesher 12:19, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) 72.79.13.38 23:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Jon513 10:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Yossiea 13:38, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 00:28, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A MO Gadol who hasn't been mentioned at all on the Wiki in the past. This needs immediate rectification. --Yodamace1 16:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * A very important and respected individual who lacks an article - Nesher
 * I agree, R' Shachter has an impact on lots of American Jews and should have a Wiki page reflecting that. Yossiea 13:38, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer
Accepted on 4 June 2006

Support:
 * 1) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 15:07, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) -Bachrach44 20:25, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) -Ayinyud 14:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Nesher 09:49, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Telzer 15:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * A massive Torah figure who deserves a decent entry - Nesher

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Accepted on 11 June 2006

Support:
 * 1) Nesher 17:59, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Ayinyud 18:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Yodamace1 18:34, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 21:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) User:shykee

Comments:
 * A Gaon in Torah, Middos, character and Psakim - Reb Moshe called him the greatest Rabbi in the whole of Eretz Yisrael.

Rabbi Yisrael Salanter
Accepted on 18 June 2006

Support:
 * 1) CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 02:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Ayinyud 14:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) User:shykee
 * 4) Telzer 15:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Havdala 04:04, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) --רח"ק | Talk 00:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Another one paragraph article on a fascinating Lithuanian Gadol. I am sure there are Artscroll biography books available on him, in fact I am certain of it, and we can do an amazing job with this article. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 02:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There's not even an article about Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. --רח"ק | Talk 17:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Shmuel Salant
Accepted on 25 June 2006

Support:
 * 1) User:Rachack
 * 2) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 16:14, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Nesher 16:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Ayinyud 20:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Telzer 15:21, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * If I'm not mistaken, this Rov was one of the foremost leaders of the Yishuv in early 20th Century Palestine. Worthy and worthwhile - Nesher

Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld
Accepted on 2 July 2006

Support:
 * 1) Daniel575 00:21, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 12:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ayinyud 15:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) --רח"ק | Talk 21:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Yoninah 16:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Havdala 10:08, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * Former chief rabbi of Jerusalem, great person in the recent Jewish history of Jerusalem. Co-founder of the Edah. I figured, if there is already an article about Rav Shmuel Salant, then why don't we have an article about Rav Sonnenfeld yet? --Daniel575 00:21, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea. --רח"ק | Talk 21:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Aryeh Levin
Accepted on 9 July 2006

Support:
 * 1) Rabbi-m 05:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) What - redlink? - CrazyRussian talk/email 05:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ayinyud 10:22, 3 July 2006 (UTC) No article on the tzaddik? Ouch, that's embarrasing.
 * 4) Shaul avrom 21:32, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Havdala 05:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Daniel575 12:18, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * the Tzaddik of Jerusalem. Subject of Simcha Raz : A Tzaddik in our Time

Rabbi Avigdor Miller
Accepted on 16 July 2006

Support:
 * 1) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 00:08, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) -User:Shykee
 * 3) --רח"ק | Talk 21:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Ayinyud 17:09, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Yoninah 16:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * This one paragraph article about a serious modern-day Gadol was once a CSD victim, Rachmana litzlan! CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 00:08, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg
Accepted on 30 July 2006 Support: Comments:
 * 1) Nesher 17:56, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Bachrach44 13:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Telzer 14:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Havdala 05:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --רח"ק | Talk 22:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:36, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The author of the Tzitz Eliezer and a major Posek of our times. If I'm not mistaken he's still alive. I found this important article only yesterday; it had laid dormant since September 05 and requires significant overhaul -- Nesher
 * He is still alive, Baruch HaShem. --רח"ק | Talk 23:26, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * That's great, Rachak. Now you can get on the phone to him and get his biographical details....Havdala 05:01, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Ya right. --רח"ק | Talk 22:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


 * My Yeshiva finally got a set of his responsa this week. --רח"ק | Talk 22:32, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Tzvi Ashkenazi - Chacham Tzvi
Accepted on August 6, 2006.

Support: Contribs 19:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC) Comments:
 * 1) - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Nesher 14:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Daniel575 15:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Yossiea 16:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --רח"ק | Talk |
 * 6) 69.251.60.102 23:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Three line article from Britannica - oy vey. - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh my gosh!! That "Sebi Ashkenazi" was the Chacham Tzvi and I didn't even...!! -- Nesher
 * Ja, that got my attention in the new early acharonim cat - I was like, "let's check out the 'sebi' dude" lol - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:11, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Should we move the article to Tzvi Hirsch ben Yaakov Ashkenazi? I think 'Tzvi Ashkenazi' is a pretty common name. --Daniel575 15:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * We'll deal with it if/when it ever becomes a problem, not now. - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The article is now a lot longer after a dump of 100 year old text from the J Encyclopedia, but I think we should still proceed with a collaboration and write a clean article from scratch, throwing away JE's musty text - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll support him, after all, I'm related, but I won't be able to add much, but I'll try. Yossiea 16:51, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * We're glad to know you're related. Incidentally, I read in the Economist yesterday that Y-chromosome analysis shows that 1/2 of 1% of all currently living males in the world are descended from Genghis Khan, who had 500 declared wives and concubines, and an undeclared number of extramarital liaisons while out conquering. - CrazyRussian talk/email 17:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Then again, if you go back even further, statistically, we're all related to everyone that ever lived. :) Also, interestingly enough, the Chacham Tzvi fought against reforms and some of his most notable descendants are Chassidishe Rebbes. He was the great(x?)-grandfather of the Divrei Chaim.Yossiea 15:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You're probably thinking about The Nesivos who is his great-grandson. --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 19:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, I'm thinking of the Divrei Chaim. And I took a look and I can't find any proof that the Nesivos is the great-grandson of the Chacham Tzvi, the article makes no mention of how he is related. Yossiea 19:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * He's a direct male descendant, look at the Sha'ar to any of his seforim. --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 20:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I didn't see him listed where I was looking. Yossiea 21:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe
Accepted on August 13, 2006. Support: Comments:
 * 1) --Jayrav 23:57, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Nesher 12:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Rabbi-m 04:30, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Daniel575 05:28, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 06:38, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) - CrazyRussian talk/email 18:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Author of Aley Shur…

Rabbi Elyah Lopian
Nominated on August 6 2006; needs 3 votes by August 13 2006 to remain listed. Support:
 * 1) --Ayinyud 17:46, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) - CrazyRussian talk/email 20:10, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 06:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Jeremy12201986 01:40, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) --Shaul avrom 10:46, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) JFW | T@lk  22:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Comments:
 * One of the gedolim of the mussar movement of the 20th century. It's quite embarrasing that there isn't an article on him yet! Ayinyud 17:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This has to be done. There's an Artscroll bio on him to help --רח"ק | Talk | Contribs 06:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * And for once, Artscroll did a decent job, IIRC. Ayinyud 17:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Artscroll writes Elyah- all others online use Elya- more google hits for the latter, plus that should be how its spelled, methinks.JJ211219 21:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)