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pronunciation of the name

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, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites. Notable people with the name include: *

Yitzchok Adlerstein Yitzchok Adlerstein (born 1950 in New York) is an Orthodox rabbi. He is the co-founder of ''Cross-Currents'', an online journal of Orthodox Jewish thought, and regularly contributes to that site. He is on the editorial board of ''Klal Perspectiv ...

, American rabbi * Yitzchok Breiter, Polish Ukrainian rabbi *

Yitzchok Ezrachi Yaakov Yitzchok Ezrachi (; born August 1933) is a Rosh Yeshiva (dean) at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Early life and education Ezrachi was born in Jerusalem to Yisrael Ezrachi and Hinda. His mother was the daughter of Baruch Shlom, a graduate o ...

, Israeli rabbi *

Yitzchok Friedman Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (1850 – 11 March 1917) was the founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Pachad Yitzchok (''Dread of Isaac''). He authored "Pachad Yitzchok," a collection of his teachings and sermons, ...

, first Rebbe of the Boyaner Hasidic dynasty * Yitzchok Dovid Groner, American Australian rabbi *

Yitzchok Hutner Yitzchak Hutner (; 1906November 28, 1980), also known as Isaac Hutner, was an American Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean). Originally from Warsaw, Hutner was the long-time dean of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, New York, an older i ...

, Polish American rabbi *

Yitzchok Isaac Krasilschikov Yitzchok Isaac ben Dov Ber Krasilschikov (; ; 1888 – 13 May 1965), also known as the "Gaon of Poltava," was a Talmudic scholar and author of a monumental commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud. He was one of the last publicly practicing Orthodox r ...

, Russian rabbi *

Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik Yitzchok Zev Halevi Soloveitchik (), also known as Velvel Soloveitchik ("Zev" means "wolf" in Hebrew, and "Velvel" is the Diminutive#Yiddish, diminutive of "wolf" in Yiddish language, Yiddish) or the Brisker Rov ("rabbi of/from Brest, Belarus, Br ...

, Lithuanian Israeli rabbi *

Yitzchok Sorotzkin Avrohom Yitzchok Sorotzkin (born October 1945) is a prolific writer and former Rosh Yeshiva of Telshe yeshiva who delivers the most advanced Talmudic lecture at the Mesivta of Lakewood. He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Tor ...

, American rabbi *

Yitzchok Sternhartz Yitzchok Sternhartz (1808–1871) was the second eldest son of Nathan of Breslov. He was born in the town of Nemyriv, Ukraine, northwest of Bratslav), where his father was a disciple of Nachman of Breslov. Biography Sternhartz married at the a ...

, Ukrainian Israeli rabbi *

Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (; 26 August 1926 – 30 July 2022) was the Chief Rabbi, or ''Ga'avad'' (''Gaon Av Beis Din''), of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He was appointed to this post in 2003, after having served as a ''dayan'', or R ...

, Jerusalem rabbi *

Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (; 15 February 1902 – 14 June 1989), commonly known as the Minchas Yitzchak after the responsa he authored, was the rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem at the time of his death, as well as a posek (decider on p ...

, Austro-Hungarian rabbi *

Yitzchok Zilber Rabbi Yitzchok Yosef Zilber (; 1917–2004) was a Russian, later Israeli-Russian Haredi rabbi and a leader of the Russian baal teshuva movement. Early life Rabbi Yitzchok Zilber was born in Kazan, Russia, several months before the Bolshevi ...

, Russian rabbi *

Yitzchok Zilberstein Yitzchok Zilberstein (, also spelled Silberstein) (born 1934) is a prominent Orthodox rabbi, posek (Jewish legal authority) and expert in medical ethics. He is the '' av beis din'' of the Ramat Elchanan neighborhood of Bnei Brak, the Rosh Kollel o ...

, Israeli rabbi

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