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Acharonim (1500–present)

The later authorities — from the kabbalists of Tzfat through the great codifiers (Beit Yosef, Rema, Shach, Taz) to the Acharonim of Eastern Europe and the Charedi yeshivot of today.

305 teachers in this era.

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