Vilna Gaon

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The Vilna Gaon was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist renowned for his immense scholarship and leadership of the non-Hasidic Misnagdim movement.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vilna Gaon canonical 29
Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna 3
Gaon of Vilna 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious leader ⓘ
Kabbalist ⓘ
Lithuanian Jew ⓘ
Talmudist ⓘ
Torah scholar ⓘ
human ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman ⓘ
Gra ⓘ
Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna ⓘ
linked to: Vilna Gaon
birthDate 1720-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Vilna ⓘ
burialPlace Vilna ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
deathDate 1797-10-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Vilna ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
fieldOfWork Biblical exegesis ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Gaon ⓘ
influenced Jewish textual scholarship ⓘ
Lithuanian yeshiva movement ⓘ
linked to: Lithuanian Jewry

Misnagdic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Musar movement
influencedBy Kabbalah of the Ari ⓘ
linked to: Safed Kabbalah

Rishonim ⓘ
Talmud Bavli ⓘ
linked to: Talmud
knownFor emphasis on peshat (plain meaning) in biblical exegesis ⓘ
extraordinary Talmudic scholarship ⓘ
integration of Talmud, Halakha, and Kabbalah in his teachings ⓘ
leadership of the non-Hasidic Misnagdim movement ⓘ
opposition to early Hasidic movement ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement Misnagdim ⓘ
linked to: Mitnagdim
name Vilna Gaon ⓘ
notableWork Aderet Eliyahu ⓘ
Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
Commentary on Mishlei (Proverbs) ⓘ
Commentary on Safra ⓘ
Commentary on Sefer Yetzirah ⓘ
Commentary on Shir ha-Shirim (Song of Songs) ⓘ
Commentary on Sifra de-Tzniuta ⓘ
Commentary on Sifrei ⓘ
Commentary on the Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
Commentary on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
Commentary on the Talmud ⓘ
Commentary on the Zohar ⓘ
opposedMovement Hasidism ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Vilna ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tzimtzum → discussedBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Sefer Yetzirah → commentedOnBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Acharonim → hasPart → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Vilna Gaon → name → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Vilna Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna ⓘ
linked to: Vilna Gaon
Mitnagdim → notableLeader → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Gra → hasAcronymFor → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Gra → hasHonorific → Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna ⓘ
linked to: Vilna Gaon
Gra → hasTitle → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Tractate Eruvin → commentedOnBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Commentary on Safra → author → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Aderet Eliyahu → author → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Mitnagdic Kabbalah → keyFigure → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Commentary on Sifrei → hasAuthor → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman → alsoKnownAs → Gaon of Vilna ⓘ
linked to: Vilna Gaon
Volozhin Yeshiva → influencedBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Mitnagdim → notableLeader → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
subject linked to: Hebrew term meaning "opponents"
Elijah of Vilna → alsoKnownAs → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Elijah of Vilna → alsoKnownAs → Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna ⓘ
linked to: Vilna Gaon
Acharonic era → hasNotableFigure → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Mitnagdic Judaism → keyFigure → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Yevamot → commentedOnBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Bava Batra → hasCommentaryBy → Vilna Gaon ⓘ
Gaon → hasNotableBearer → Vilna Gaon ⓘ