Rabbi Elijah of Vilna

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:rabbi
Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Vilna_Gaon
Gra
gptkbp:birthDate 1720
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sialiec,_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Vilnius,_Lithuania
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_State_Jewish_Museum
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Street_in_Jerusalem
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Jewish_State_Museum
gptkb:Vilna_Gaon_Synagogue
Vilna Gaon Street in Tel Aviv
Vilna Gaon Street in Vilnius
gptkbp:deathDate 1797
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Vilnius,_Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
gptkbp:disciples gptkb:Chaim_of_Volozhin
Menachem Mendel of Shklov
Baruch of Shklov
Israel of Shklov
Saul Katzenellenbogen
gptkbp:father gptkb:Shlomo_Zalman
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Halakha
gptkb:philosophy
Orthodox Judaism
theologian
Talmudic studies
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Elijah_ben_Solomon_Zalman
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Elijah of Vilna
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mitnagdic_Judaism
Lithuanian yeshiva movement
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkbp:legacy Major influence on Jewish learning in Eastern Europe
Known for opposition to Hasidic Judaism
Regarded as one of the greatest Jewish scholars of the modern era
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Treina
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Mitnagdim
gptkbp:nationality Polish–Lithuanian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Commentary_on_the_Mishnah
gptkb:Commentary_on_the_Shulchan_Aruch
gptkb:Commentary_on_the_Tanakh
Commentary on the Talmud
Commentary on the Zohar
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hasidism
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:subjectOf Many biographies and scholarly works
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Haggadah_Commentary
gptkb:Golem_of_Vilna
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7