Religious Leaders
- Moshe ben Maimon – Jewish Physician, Philosopher and Rabbi from the Middle Ages (1953)
- Israel Baal Shem Tov – founder of Hasidic Judaism (1961)
- Abraham Isaac Kook – Chief Rabbi of Israel (1978)
- Benzion Uziel – first Sepharadi Chief Rabbi of Israel (1978)
- Joshua ben Hananiah – Rabbi of the 1st century C.E. (1979)
- Yochanan Hasandlar – Rabbi of the 3rd century C.E. (1979)
- Rabbi Meir Ba'al Ha-Nes – Rabbi of the 1st century C.E. (1979)
- Abba Hillel Silver – American Rabbi, Zionist leader (1981)
- Aryeh Levin – 20th century Rabbi (1982)
- Meir Bar-Ilan – 20th century Rabbi (1983)
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog – first Chief Rabbi of Ireland, Chief Rabbi of Israel (1984)
- Moshe Avigdor Amiel – Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv in 1936–1945 (1987)
- Yehuda Hai Alkalai – 19th century Rabbi (1989)
- Solomon ben Isaac (Rashi) – Rabbi and Talmudic scholar (1989)
- Shimon Hakham – Rabbi (1991)
- Shalom Sharabi – 18th century Rabbinical scholar (1992)
- Chaim Joseph David Azulai – 18th century rabbinical scholar (1992)
- Chaim Benatar – 18th century rabbinical scholar (1992)
- Yosef Hayyim ben Elijah – Rabbi of Baghdad in the 19th century (1992)
- Jacob Saul Elyashar – Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (2006)
- Shmuel Salant – Chief Rabbi of Jerusaelm (2006)
- Chalom Messas – Chief Rabbi of Morocco (2007)
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