Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss

Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss, commonly known as the Minchas Yitzchak after the responsa he authored, was the Gran Patriarch of the Edah HaChareidis and their Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem at the time of his death, as well as a posek, and Talmudic scholar. His rulings on Jewish law (halacha) are frequently cited and relied upon by rabbinic courts and scholars.