Elijah of Vilna

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Rabbi
gptkbp:advocatesFor Jewish_education
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Yeshiva_of_Vilna
gptkbp:born 1720
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Jewish_mysticism
gptkbp:died 1797
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:hasArea famous library
significant_impact_on_Jewish_law
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:hasRole Jewish_community_leadership
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elijah of Vilna
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Haskalah_movement
gptkbp:is_featured_in one of the greatest Jewish scholars
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:isKnownFor his piety
his writings
his leadership
his scholarship
gptkbp:knownFor Lithuanian_Jewish_scholarship
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hasidism
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs Vilna Gaon
gptkbp:research gptkb:Torah
Talmud
Kabbalah
gptkbp:taught many prominent students
gptkbp:wasA gptkb:Halakhist
gptkb:Kabbalist
gptkb:Poet
Historian
Philosopher
Teacher
Mentor
Influencer
Talmudist
Tzaddik
Maggid
Scholar of Kabbalah
Rosh_Yeshiva
Advocate_for_traditional_Judaism
Critic_of_Hasidism
Leader_of_Lithuanian_Jewry
Proponent_of_Jewish_education
gptkbp:wrote Kabbalistic works
commentaries_on_the_Talmud