Elijah ben Solomon Zalman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elijah_ben_Solomon_Zalman
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:rabbi
Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Vilna_Gaon
gptkbp:birthDate 1720
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sialiec,_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Vilnius,_Lithuania
gptkbp:children gptkb:Abraham
gptkb:Yisrael
gptkb:Batsheva
gptkb:Feiga
gptkb:Chaim
gptkb:Gittel
gptkb:Tzvi_Hirsch
gptkb:Yehuda_Leib
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Museum_in_Vilnius
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Street_in_Jerusalem
gptkbp:deathDate 1797
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Vilnius,_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:father gptkb:Shlomo_Zalman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elijah ben Solomon Zalman
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mitnagdic_Judaism
gptkb:Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:knownFor Ascetic lifestyle
Commentaries on Jewish texts
Intellectual rigor
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkbp:legacy Major figure in Lithuanian Jewish tradition
Opposed Hasidic movement
Promoted rationalist study of Torah
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Mitnagdim
gptkbp:nationality Polish–Lithuanian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Commentary_on_the_Shulchan_Aruch
gptkb:Commentary_on_the_Tanakh
Commentary on the Talmud
gptkbp:opposedBy Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Chana
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Halakha
gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:Tanakh
Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Jewish_State_Museum
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Synagogue
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mitnagdim_tradition
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon
gptkb:Lithuanian_Judaism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5