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 (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vilna Gaon canonical | 11 |
| Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T887980 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Vilna Gaon Context triple: [Tzimtzum, discussedBy, Vilna Gaon]
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Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
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Sholem Rabinovich
Sholem Rabinovich, better known by his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright whose works, including the stories that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof," vividly depicted Eastern European Jewish life.
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Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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E.
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim was a pioneering 19th-century Jewish writer often called the “grandfather” of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vilna Gaon Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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B.
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
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C.
Sholem Rabinovich
Sholem Rabinovich, better known by his pen name Sholem Aleichem, was a seminal Yiddish author and playwright whose works, including the stories that inspired "Fiddler on the Roof," vividly depicted Eastern European Jewish life.
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D.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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E.
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim was a pioneering 19th-century Jewish writer often called the “grandfather” of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious leader
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Kabbalist ⓘ Lithuanian Jew ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ Torah scholar ⓘ human ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman
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Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
surface form:
Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman
Gra ⓘ Vilna Gaon ⓘ
surface form:
Ha-Gaon mi-Vilna
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| birthDate | 1720-04-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Vilna ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Vilna ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1797-10-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Vilna ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Biblical exegesis
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Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Gaon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish textual scholarship
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Lithuanian Jewry ⓘ
surface form:
Lithuanian yeshiva movement
Musar movement ⓘ
surface form:
Misnagdic Judaism
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| influencedBy |
Safed Kabbalah
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surface form:
Kabbalah of the Ari
Rishonim ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
surface form:
Talmud Bavli
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| knownFor |
emphasis on peshat (plain meaning) in biblical exegesis
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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
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Mitnagdim
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surface form:
Misnagdim
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| name | Vilna Gaon self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aderet Eliyahu
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Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ Commentary on Mishlei (Proverbs) ⓘ Commentary on Safra ⓘ Hassagot al Sefer Yetzirah ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ Shulchan Aruch commentaries ⓘ
surface form:
Commentary on the Shulchan Aruch
Commentary on the Talmud ⓘ Commentary on the Zohar ⓘ |
| opposedMovement | Hasidism ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Vilna ⓘ |
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Subject: Vilna Gaon Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (13)
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