Gaon of Vilnius
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720-1797) · Died at 77
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Something wrong?Elijah ben Solomon Zalman,, also known as the Vilna Gaon, was a Lithuanian Jewish talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of misnagdic (non-hasidic) Jewry of the past few centuries.
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A portrait attributed to the Vilna Gaon
A street sign named after the Vilna Gaon in Vilnius
A commemorative plaque in Vilnius at the site where the Vilna Gaon's house once stood, inscribed: "The Gaon Eliyahu of Vilna lived in the house that stood here."
The place of the Great Synagogue and the Monument of Vilna Gaon, Vilnius
Euclid's Elements, translated at the Gaon's encouragement
A common portrait of the Vilna Gaon
A statue of the Vilna Gaon where his house once stood in VilniusIn their orbit
About this person
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1720 to 1797 · aged 77
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