Tzadikim

3760 BCE

Adam

1800 BCE

Abraham

Sefer Yetzirah

 

1313 BCE 2448 HC

Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai

833-423 BCE

First Temple

(Prophets)

423-353 BCE

Babylonian Exile

Ezekiel, Vision of the Chariot

353 BCE-70 CB

Second Temple

1St century

Rabbi Nechuniah ben HaKaneh

Sefer HaBahir, SeferHaTemunah

2nd century

Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha

2nd century

Rabbi Akiva

2nd century

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

The Zohar

1040-1105

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki

Rashi

1125-1198

Rabbi Avraham ben David

Raavad

1135-1204

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides)

Guide of the Perplexed

c. 1140-1217

Rabbi Yehudah HaChasid

SeferChasidim

c. 1160-1235

Rabbi Yitzchak the Blind

early 1203

Rabbi Azriel of Gerona

1194-1270

Rabbi Moshe ben Nachnzin (Ramban, Nachmanides)

1238-1305

Rabbi MoShe deLeon

Shekel HaKodesh

1240 - a.1291

Rabbi Abraham Abulafia

OrHaSechel

1248-1323

Rabbi Yosef Gikatalia

Shaarei Orah, Ginat Egoz

1250-1310

Rabbi Menachem Recanti

Torah Comentator

1250-1340

Yitzchak of Acco

Meor Einaim

1276-1340

Rabbi Bachya ben Asher

Torah Comentator

1305

Zohar first circulated

1462-1529

Rabbi Yehuda Chayit

Maarechet Elokut

1470-1572

Rabbi David ben Zima

1477-1545

Rabbi Yosef Taitatzak

1480-1547

Rabbi Meir ibn Gabai

Avodat HaKodesh, Derech Emunah

1485-1580

Rabbi Shimon Lavi

Ketem Paz

1488-1575

Rabbi Yosef Karo

Magid Meisharim

1501-1532

Rabbi Shlomo Molcho

1505-1573

Rabbi Yosef Tzayach

Even HaShohan

1505-1584

Rabbi Shlomo AlKabetz

1512-1609

Rabbi Yehudah Liva (Maharal) of Prague

1323-1570

Rabbi Moshe Cordevero [Ramak]

Pardes Rimonim, Or Yakar

? -1585

Rabbi Eliahu diVidas

Reishit Chochmah

1530-1612

Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe

Commentary on Menachem Recanti's Commentary on the Torah

1534-1572

Rabbi Yitzchak Luria [Arizal]

Kit VeAr

1500s

Rabbi Yosef ibn Tabul

1537-1653

Rabbi Eliahu Baal Shem

late 1500s

Rabbi Moshe ibn Machir

Seder Ha Yom

late 1500s

Rabbi Yisrael Serug

1543-1620

Rabbi Chaim Vital

1548-1620

Rabbi Menachem Azaria diFano

Kanfei Yonah

1553-1600

Rabbi Elazar Azkiri

Sefer Chareidim

1558

Zohar first printed

1560-1630

Rabbi Yeshayah Horowitz

Shnei Luchot HaBrit

1560-1655

Rabbi Chaim HaKohen

Tur Bareket

1565-1619

Rabbi Shabtai Sheftel Horowitz

Shefa Tal

1570-1643

Rabbi Avraham Azulai

Chesed LeAvraham

1570-1665

Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach

ww

1585-1633

Rabbi Natan Neta Shapiro

Megaleh Amukot

?-1677

Rabbi Shmuel Vital

early 1600s

Rabbi Naphtali Bacharach

Emek HaMelech

c. 1600-1648

Rabbi Shimshon of Ostropol

c. 1605-1673

Rabbi Avraham Reuven Katz

Yalkut Reuveini

c. 1610-1697

Rabbi Moshe Zachut

1613-1703

Rabbi Yoel Baal Shem

1624-1662

Rabbi Meir Poppers

Meorei Or

1655-1734

Rabbi Adam Baal Shem

1685-1730

Rabbi Yosef Ergas

Shomer Emunim

?-1740

Rabbi Yaakov Kopel Lifshitz

Shaarei Gan Eden

1686-1743

Rabbi Chaim ban Attar

Or HaChaim

1688-1743

Rabbi Immanuel Chai Rikki

Mishnat Chasidim

1695-1776

Rabbi Yaakov of Emden

Siddur Beit Yaakov

1698-1760

Rabbi Ysrael Baal Shem Tov

?-1772

Rabbi DovBer [the Maggid] of Mezeritch

1700-1780

Rabbi Shalmo Buzaglo

mikdash Melech

1703-1794

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye

Toldot Yaakov Yosef

1707-1747

Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto [Ramchal]

1717-1787

Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk

Noam Elimileech

1720-1777

Rabbi Shalom Mizrachi Sharabi [Rashash]

Nahar Shalom

1720-1797

Rabbi Eliahu [the Gaon] of Vilna

1724-1806

Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai

Chida

1725-1781

Rabbi Baruch of Kosov

1726-1791

Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz

Midrash Pinchas

1730-1797

Rabbi Manachem Nachum of Chernobyl

Meor Einaim

1736-1772

Rabbi Aharon of Karlin

Beit Aharon

1740-1809

Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev

Kedushat Levi

1745-1812

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Tanya, Likutci Torah, Torah Or

1745-1815

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak [the Seer] of Lublin

1749-1821

Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin

Nefesh HaChaim

1754-1823

Rabbi Kalman Kalonymus Epstein of Cracow

Meor VeShemesh

1763-1831

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov

Ateret Tzvi

1766-1809

Rabbi Aharon of Starocielye

Avodat HaLevi

c. 1770-1856

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Epstein of Homil

Chanah Ariel

1772-1810

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

Likutei Mohamn

? -1827

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov

1773-1827

Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch

1773-1841

Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov

Bnez' Yisaschar

1778-1825

Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Yolles

Kehilat Yaakov

1787-1859

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

1789-1852

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Chaver

Pitchei Shearim

1789-1866

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch

the Tzemach Tzedek

1795-1864

Rabbi Hillel Malisov of Paritch

Pelach HaRimon

1801-1854

Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitz

Mei HaShiloach

1806-1874

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehudah Yechiel Safrin of Komarno

Heichal HaBemchah

1807-1869

Rabbi Yedidiah Raphael Chai Abulafia

1813-1888

Rabbi Yaakov Meir Spielmann

Tal Orot

1823-1900

Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen Rabinowitz

Prz' Tzadk'k

1823-1903

Rabbi Sasson Parisiadoe

ShemenSasson

1830-1900

Rabbi ShIOmo Zalman of Kopust

Magen Avot

1832-1883

Rabbi Shlomo Shapiro 0f Munkatch

Shem MiShlomo

1834-1882

Rabbi Shinuel of Lubavitch

1834-1909

Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Bagdad

Ben Ish Chai, Daat uTevunah

1841-1926

Rabbi Shlomo Eliashiv

Leshem Shevo VeAchlamah

1847-1905

Rabbi Yehudah Leib Alter of Ger

Sefat Emet

1860-1920

Rabbi Shalom Dovber of Lubavitch

1865-1935

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook

1865-1944

Rabbi Zev Wolf Ashkenazi

1859-1942

Rabbi Yehudah Petiah

Bait Lechem Yehudah

1866-1955

Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag

HaSulam, Talmut Eser Sfirot