the Vilna Gaon

GPTKB entity

Properties (64)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mitnagdim
gptkb:Yeshiva_of_Vilna
gptkb:Jewish_Enlightenment
gptkb:Hasidism
gptkbp:birthDate April 23, 1720
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:children gptkb:Abraham
gptkb:Mordechai
Chaim
Yitzhak
gptkbp:deathDate October 9, 1797
gptkbp:famousFor Philosophical writings
Biblical exegesis
Halakhic_authority
Opposition_to_Hasidism
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gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zionism
gptkb:Haredi_Judaism
gptkb:Lithuanian_Jewry
gptkb:Jewish_culture
gptkb:Jewish_mysticism
Kabbalah
Halakha
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Yeshiva movement
Jewish_literature
Jewish_education
Jewish_history
Jewish_identity
Jewish_law
Jewish_philosophy
Jewish_tradition
Talmud_study
Jewish_spirituality
Jewish_ethics
Jewish_scholarship
Jewish_customs
Jewish_thought
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Jewish_rituals
Jewish_political_thought
Jewish_observance
Rabbinic_literature
Jewish_community_life
Jewish_communal_leadership
Rabbinic_authority
Jewish_communal_organization
Jewish_practices
Jewish_intellectual_life
Jewish_philosophy_of_law
Jewish_social_thought
Jewish_theological_thought
gptkbp:knownFor Kabbalistic teachings
Talmudic scholarship
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Vilnius
gptkbp:nationality Jewish
gptkbp:notableWork Commentary on the Torah
Shulchan Aruch
gptkbp:religion Judaism
gptkbp:spouse Chava
gptkbp:title Gaon