Rabbi Elijah of Vilna

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Rabbi
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Lithuanian_Jewry
Yeshiva movement
Vilna
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:birth_year 1720
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:contribution Talmudic scholarship
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influence on Jewish law
Influence on Jewish identity
Influence on Jewish mysticism
Influence on Jewish spirituality
Influence on Jewish education
Influence on Jewish ethics
Influence on Jewish philosophy
Influence on Jewish scholarship
Influence on Jewish rituals
Influence on Jewish communal life
Influence on Jewish community leadership
Influence on Jewish law interpretation
Influence on Jewish texts
gptkbp:death_year 1797
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Elijah of Vilna
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Haskalah_movement
gptkbp:is_taught_in gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:known_for Lithuanian Jewish scholarship
gptkbp:legacy Establishment of yeshivas
Promotion of Talmud study
Influence on modern Jewish thought
Advocacy for traditional Judaism
Opposition to Hasidism
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:nickname The Vilna Gaon
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Rabbi_Avraham_ben_David
gptkb:Rabbi_Yisrael_ben_Eliezer
gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_of_Volozhin
Rabbi Shmuel ben Avraham
gptkbp:notable_work Commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:research_interest gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:Kabbalah
gptkb:New_Testament
Mussar
gptkbp:title gptkb:Gaon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_Volozhin
gptkb:Moses_Schreiber
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7