Rabbi Elijah of Vilna

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Rabbi
gptkbp:advocatesFor Jewish_education_reforms
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mitnagdim
Vilna Gaon
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:birthYear 1720
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:contemporary Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
gptkbp:contributedTo Jewish_philosophy
Jewish_law_interpretation
gptkbp:contribution Talmudic scholarship
gptkbp:controversy gptkb:Jewish_mystics
gptkbp:culturalImpact Jewish_education
gptkbp:deathYear 1797
gptkbp:established scholarly community
gptkbp:family descendants_in_rabbinic_leadership
gptkbp:famousFor commentaries_on_Jewish_texts
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Volozhin_Yeshiva
gptkbp:historical_analysis Kabbalah
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Elijah of Vilna
gptkbp:influence Orthodox Judaism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Rashi
gptkb:Haskalah_movement
gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_Europe
biographies and studies
Jewish_scholars
Jewish_legal_discourse
Litvak_tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Rabbi_Jacob_Emden
gptkbp:inspiration Jewish_intellectuals
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Lithuanian_Jewry
gptkb:the_Vilna_Gaon
commentary on Shulchan Aruch
Jewish_ethics
rationalist_approach_to_Judaism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legacy Rabbinic_authority
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Aderet_Eliyahu
gptkbp:occupation Talmudist
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hasidism
gptkbp:philosophy Rationalism_in_Judaism
gptkbp:promoted study_of_Talmud
gptkbp:recognizedBy intellectual contributions
Gaon of Vilna
Jewish_communities
gptkbp:recognizes one of the greatest rabbis
gptkbp:religion Judaism
gptkbp:research Kabbalistic texts
gptkbp:role Jewish_leader
gptkbp:taught gptkb:Vilna_Yeshiva
Jewish_law
gptkbp:title Gaon
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Kol_Eliyahu