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Classic Torah and/or Talmud commentaries have been written by:

• Geonim
  • Saadia Gaon, 10th century Babylon
• Rishonim
  • Rashi (Shlomo Yitzchaki), 12th century France
  • Abraham ibn Ezra
  • Nahmanides (Moshe ben Nahman)
  • Samuel ben Meir, the Rashbam, 12th century France
  • Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (known as Ralbag or Gersonides)
  • David ben Joseph Kimhi, the Radak , 13th century France
  • Joseph ben Isaac, the Bekhor Shor, 12th century France
  • Nissim ben Reuben Gerondi, the RaN, 14th century Spain
  • Isaac ben Judah Abravanel (1437-1508)
  • Obadiah ben Jacob SfornoObadiah ben Jacob Sforno was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. He was born at Cesena about 1475 and died at Bologna in 1550. After acquiring in his native town a thorough knowledge of Hebrew, rabbinic literature, mathemati, 16th century Italy
• AcharonimAcharonim ( Hebrew sing. Acharon literally "the later ones", is a term used in Jewish law and history, to signify the leading rabbis living from roughly the 16th century to the present. The acharonim follow "the Rishonim the first ones", the Rabbinic scho
  • The Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, 18th century Lithuania
  • The MalbimMeir Lob ben Jehiel Michael ( 1809 September 18, 1879), better known as the Malbim was a Russian rabbi, preacher, and author. The name "Malbim" is derived from the Hebrew initials of his name, and became his family name by frequent usage. Malbim was born, Meir Lob ben Jehiel Michael

Classic Talmud commentaries have been written by Rashi. After Rashi the Tosafos were written, which was an omnibus commentary on the Talmud by the disciplies and descendants of Rashi; this commentary was based on discussions done in the rabbinic academies of Germany and France.

Modern Torah commentaries which have received wide acclaim in the Jewish community include:

• OrthodoxOrthodox Judaism is one of the three major Jewish denominations. Orthodoxy can roughly be classified into Modern Orthodox Judaism and Haredi Judaism ( Hasidic Judaism is a subgroup within Haredi Judaism). It is characterized by: Strict adherence to Halakh:
  • Sefat Emet (Lips of Truth), Yehudah Aryeh Leib of GerFor other meanings of Ger, see Ger Ger Gerrer or Gur is the Yiddish name of Gora Kalwaria, a small town in Poland, and the name of a large Orthodox Hasidic dynasty which originated from this town. They are now based in Jerusalem where their Rebbe lives., 19th century Europe
  • Haemek Davar by Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda BerlinRabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin ( 1817- 10 August 1893) was a rosh yeshiva (dean of a yeshiva and author if several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania. His name is commonly abbreviated by its consonants as Netziv , which can also mean "pillar".
  • Torah Temimah of Baruch ha-Levi EpsteinRabbi Baruch Epstein or Baruch ha-Levi Epstein ( 1860- 1941) was a Lithuanian rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, rabbi of Novarodok and author of the work Aruch ha-Schulchan''. Biography Baruch grew up in Novarodok, where his father wa
  • The Torah commentary of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
  • The "Pentateuch and Haftarah" by Joseph H. Hertz
  • Nehamah Leibowitz
  • The Chofetz Chaim
• Conservative Judaism:
  • The five volume JPS Commentary on the Torah by Nahum M. Sarna, Baruch A. Levine, Jacob Milgrom and Jeffrey H. Tigay
  • Etz Hayim: A Torah Commentary by David L. Lieber , Harold Kushner and Chaim Potok

Modern Siddur commentaries have been written by:

• Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan HaCohen, The Chofetz Chaim's Siddur
• Samson Raphael Hirsch, The Hirsch Siddur, Feldheim
• Elie Munk, The World of Prayer, Elie Munk
• Nosson Scherman, The Artscroll Siddur, Mesorah Publications
• Reuven Hammer, Or Hadash, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
• My Peoples Prayer Book, Jewish Lights Publishing, written by a team of non-Orthodox rabbis and Talmud scholars.