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61.) rabbi hillel goldberg finishes his new book on the vilna gaon?s ...

Over a week ago | Tuesday 29th of July 2008 09:22:00 AM

it?sa journey not to the himalayas or into a mathematical conundrum, but deep inside the mind of a brilliant 18th century jewish scholar and mystic known as vilna gaon (the genius of vilna). "the gaon" wrote the definitive treatise on ...

From Luke Ford

62.) Day 5: A Packed Day

Over a week ago | Tuesday 02nd of September 2008 09:57:00 AM

He wants to show us the Vilna Gaon's mausoleum at the Jewish cemetery at Seskine. He used to come here and tend to the mausoleum, back in the 1970s onwards. He stopped when his eyesight deteriorated. He looks especially sad today when ...

From Frances Tay McHugh

63.) XL

Over a week ago | Friday 28th of November 2008 11:50:00 AM

According to this tyro, Rashi, Maimonides, and the Vilna Gaon never prayed. Reform rejection of traditional practice is often tinged with a healthy dollop of contempt for Orthodox Jews themselves. Simeon Maslin, president of the Reform ...

From Robert M. Weinberg

64.) Petach 1

Over a week ago | Sunday 26th of October 2008 03:15:00 PM

See the following citations about our not being able or allowed to speak of God Himself: Ramchal's Da'at Tevunot 80, Adir Bamarom p.59A, Ma'amar HaVichuach 44, and Ma'amar Yichud HaYirah; also see the Vilna Gaon at the end of his ...

From Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

65.) The 100 Most Influential Jews of All Time

Over a week ago | Friday 17th of October 2008 04:40:00 AM

The Vilna Gaon, 1720-1797, rabbinical scholar. 47, Henri Bergson, 1859-1941, philosopher. 48, The Baal Shem Tov, 1700-1790, religious reformer. 49, Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847, musician ...

From abe

66.) 12 minutes of Armageddon?

Over a week ago | Wednesday 15th of October 2008 10:05:00 AM

... that the Vilna Gaon zt"l (the genius of Vilnius, may the memory of the righteous be blessed) (1720-1797) said that the war between Gog and Magog - popularly known as Armageddon outside the Jewish world - will last twelve minutes. ...

From Carl in Jerusalem

67.) 12 minutes of armageddon?

Over a week ago | Saturday 11th of October 2008 10:21:00 PM

... that the vilna gaon zt"l (the genius of vilnius, may the memory of the righteous be blessed) (1720-1797) said that the war between gog and magog - popularly known as armageddon outside the jewish world - will last twelve minutes. ...

From Carl in Jerusalem

68.) Russia?s Day of Destruction in Israel

Over a week ago | Thursday 23rd of October 2008 09:50:00 PM

As I mentioned earlier, it is fascinating to read the Jewish commentaries on Ezekiel 38 and 39 that describe an oral tradition recorded from the Vilna Gaon that advises Jews to observe carefully when the Russian fleet (Magog) passes ...

From dtbrents

69.) Sukkot - IMAX Your life with the Sukkah and Eretz Israel

Over a week ago | Saturday 11th of October 2008 05:32:00 PM

I traced back this teaching to the Vilna Gaon in Kol Hator but it might have even earlier sources. The teaching goes like this: ?There are only two mitsvot in this world in which you fully enter your body in the mitzvah: The mitzvah of ...

From Dan Illouz

70.) Spirit of the Law: Hilchos Sukkah

Over a week ago | Sunday 12th of October 2008 11:55:00 PM

One luminary who slept in his sukkah regardless of the weather or the presence of hostile non-Jews was the Vilna Gaon). Now, as we all know, how we eat and how much we eat (or overeat!) is one of the main causes of our feeling distant ...

From Micha

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