The originals. The sages whose words we read every week in the parasha. When a video quotes one of them, this is where you meet him.
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki · 1040 – 1105 · Troyes, France
The OG of Torah commentary. Nine hundred years later, every Jew who opens a Chumash still learns with him.
Onkelos the Convert · 1st – early 2nd century CE · Rome and the Land of Israel
The emperor's nephew who walked away from Rome, became a Jew, and put the Torah into the people's language.
Avraham Avinu, Abraham our father · The first of the Patriarchs · Ur of the Chaldeans, Charan and Canaan
The idol maker's son who broke the idols, left everything, and became the father of every convert.
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish · c. 200 – 275 CE · Tiberias, Land of Israel
The bandit chief who jumped into the Jordan after a rabbi and came out a Torah giant.
Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef · c. 50 – 135 CE · Land of Israel
The illiterate shepherd who started at forty, learned from a stone, and became the teacher of the Jewish people.