Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Rabbi
gptkbp:advocatesFor Jewish_unity
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mitnagdim
gptkb:Lithuanian_Jewry
gptkb:Yeshiva_of_Vilna
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:birthYear 1720
gptkbp:campusFacilities gptkb:Rabbi_Chaim_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:celebratedIn Jewish_tradition
gptkbp:contemporary Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
gptkbp:contributedTo Jewish_philosophy
gptkbp:contribution Talmudic scholarship
gptkbp:culturalImpact gptkb:Jewish_communities_in_Europe
gptkbp:deathYear 1797
gptkbp:family descendants
gptkbp:famousFor Kabbalistic teachings
Halakhic_rulings
gptkbp:famousQuote The_Torah_is_the_tree_of_life.
gptkbp:founded Yeshiva_in_Vilna
gptkbp:historical_analysis Halakha
Analytical study
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 18th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna
gptkbp:influence Jewish_law
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Haskalah_movement
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Jewish_education
Jewish_texts
Jewish_communal_leadership
Jewish_law_codification
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Rabbi_Moshe_Sofer
gptkb:Rabbi_Jacob_Emden
gptkbp:inspiration Jewish_education_reforms
gptkbp:knownFor Kabbalah
Biblical exegesis
Ethical teachings
Intellectual rigor
Vilna Gaon
Lithuanian_Jewish_scholarship
Hasidic_practices
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legacy Rabbinic_authority
gptkbp:mentor Rabbi_Avraham_ben_Yaakov
gptkbp:notableWork Commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Hasidism
gptkbp:philosophy Rationalism_in_Judaism
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:promoted Jewish_literacy
gptkbp:recognizedBy Jewish_scholars
gptkbp:religion Judaism
gptkbp:taught Talmud
Yeshiva_of_Volozhin
gptkbp:title Gaon
gptkbp:wrote Mishnah Berurah