1720
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (died 1797)
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (died 1797)
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (died 1797)
Vilna Gaon
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
- Born
- 1720
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman,, also known as the Vilna Gaon, was a Lithuanian Jewish talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of misnagdic (non-hasidic) Jewry of the past few centuries.