Years: 1832–1904
Primary city: Hebron, Israel
Rabbi Chaim Chizkiah Medini served for over three decades as chief rabbi of Kara-Su-Bazar in the Crimea, where he composed his work, Sdei Chemed. This eighteen-volume halachic encyclopedia is organized alphabetically, covering thousands of topics with citations from a vast array of rabbinic sources. In 1899, he was appointed chief rabbi of Chevron, a position he held until his passing.