Elijah ben Solomon Zalman

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18th-century rabbi Jewish religious leader Kabbalist Lithuanian Jew Mitnagdic leader Talmud commentator Talmudist Torah commentator biblical commentator halakhic authority rabbi

Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish Talmudist and Kabbalist, renowned as one of the greatest rabbinic scholars and leaders of the non-Hasidic (Mitnagdic) movement.

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Label Occurrences
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman canonical 1
Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman 1
Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman 1

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instanceOf 18th-century rabbi ⓘ
Jewish religious leader ⓘ
Kabbalist ⓘ
Lithuanian Jew ⓘ
Mitnagdic leader ⓘ
Talmud commentator ⓘ
Talmudist ⓘ
Torah commentator ⓘ
biblical commentator ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gaon of Vilna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ha-Gra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilna Gaon NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1720-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilna NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Vilna NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1797-10-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vilna NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Hebrew grammar ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Jewish textual scholarship ⓘ
Lithuanian yeshiva movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitnagdic thought ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement Mitnagdim NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea emphasis on direct study of primary texts ⓘ
emphasis on peshat in biblical interpretation ⓘ
opposition to Hasidic mystical practices ⓘ
notableWork Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentary on Safra di-Tsni’uta in the Zohar ⓘ
commentary on Sifra de-Tzniuta ⓘ
commentary on the Mishnah ⓘ
commentary on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
commentary on the Talmud ⓘ
commentary on the Tanakh ⓘ
opposedMovement Hasidism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Vilna NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Vilna Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
Vilna Gaon → alsoKnownAs → Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman
Gra → hasFullName → Elijah ben Solomon Zalman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman