Chazal

Chazal, Hazal or Ḥazal (Hebrew: חָזָ״ל, romanized: ḥāzāl, an acronym of 'our sages, of blessed memory') are the Jewish sages of the Mishnaic and Talmudic eras, spanning from the final 300 years of the Second Temple period until the 7th century, or c. 250BCE – c. 625CE. Their authority was mostly in the field of Halakha (Jewish law) and less regarding Jewish theology.