Eliezer Gordon
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Eliezer Gordon was a prominent Lithuanian rabbi and rosh yeshiva, best known for leading the Telz Yeshiva and shaping the intellectual and ethical character of Lithuanian Jewry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eliezer Gordon canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Lithuanian rabbi
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rabbi ⓘ rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Eliezer Gorden
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Eliezer Telzer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1841 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Ciecere, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | London, United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Volozhin Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish ethics
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Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ Torah education ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lithuanian yeshiva world
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Mussar-oriented yeshivot ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing the Telz method of Talmud study
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emphasis on ethical and mussar education ⓘ shaping the intellectual character of Lithuanian Jewry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Hebrew
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| movement |
Lithuanian yeshiva movement
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Mussar movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Eliezer Gordon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | combining rigorous Talmudic analysis with Mussar study ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Chaim Rabinowitz (Chaim Telzer)
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Shimon Shkop NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehuda Leib Don-Yihya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Telz Yeshiva ⓘ |
| occupation |
rabbi
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rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| positionHeld | rosh yeshiva of Telz Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
posek
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rosh yeshiva of Telz ⓘ |
| residence |
Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
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Telšiai, Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin
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Yisrael Salanter NERFINISHED ⓘ Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis HaLevi) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Chaim Rabinowitz (Chaim Telzer)
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Shimon Shkop NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehuda Leib Don-Yihya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Telšiai, Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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