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The Vilna Gaon was born in 1720 in Seltz, a [[shtetl]] located between [[Grodno]] and [[Brest]], which were then part of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. | The Vilna Gaon was born in 1720 in Seltz, a [[shtetl]] located between [[Grodno]] and [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]], which were then part of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 13 September 2009
The Vilna Gaon ("Genius of Vilnius") or Gra (from the Hebrew acronym for Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu) are titles commonly used to refer to Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797), a leading talmudic scholar from Vilnius, Lithuania who is credited with founding the yeshiva movement that gave rise to what is now known as Lithuanian Judaism.
Biography
The Vilna Gaon was born in 1720 in Seltz, a shtetl located between Grodno and Brest, which were then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.