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tzipiyah.com81.) tzipiyah.com

Over a week ago | Sunday 12th of October 2008 08:47:00 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 Rivkah

blog #2682.) blog #26

Over a week ago | Tuesday 14th of October 2008 02:55:00 PM

I recall reading about the Vilna Gaon, (Elijah Ben Solomon), who as a child prodigy had memorized every letter and word in the Talmud. When one realizes the vast and broad scope of Talmudic material, it?s remarkable indeed that a ...

From Rev Ron

This Day, August 8, In Jewish History83.) This Day, August 8, In Jewish History

Over a week ago | Thursday 07th of August 2008 06:24:00 PM

1809: A group of 70 people led by the followers of the Vilna Gaon arrived in Eretz Yisrael. 1873: Birthdate of Alice Lillie Seligsberg a social worker and Zionist who helped to found Hadassah: 1908: Birthdate of Arthur J. Goldberg. ...

From melamed&mavin

Gem TeleTorah: January 4th 2009, Restoration of Justice84.) Gem TeleTorah: January 4th 2009, Restoration of Justice

5 hours, 44 minutes ago | Wednesday 07th of January 2009 02:39:00 PM

The Vilna Gaon explains: I will return your judges as in the beginning, and advisors as the first: The judges were the first of their kind, there were other judges before them but nobody was like David and Solomon. ...

From Chavs

is the dialect of vilna yiddish the one we want to rely on?85.) is the dialect of vilna yiddish the one we want to rely on?

Over a week ago | Thursday 04th of September 2008 10:38:00 PM

there is a small group of orthodox jews in jerusalem, descendants of the students of the vilna gaon, who still speak northeastern yiddish. chabad hasidim also do, although in reality, most of them today speak english in america and ...

From shalomny

The Kosher Bookworm ? Chanukah book list 2 « The Jewish Star86.) The Kosher Bookworm ? Chanukah book list 2 « The Jewish Star

Over a week ago | Wednesday 17th of December 2008 08:50:00 PM

Among the other greats cited extensively in this sefer are Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Rav Yitzchok Hutner, Rav Joseph Soloveitchik, the Chofetz Chaim, the Vilna Gaon and the Chasam Sofer. Also included are 15 stories highlighting the ...

From Jewish Star Editors

olympic lessons87.) olympic lessons

Over a week ago | Wednesday 20th of August 2008 09:43:00 AM

the vilna gaon explains that if we attach ourselves to a great tzaddik such as moshe, yiras shomayim would be easier to achieve. in fact, in this week?s parsha (10:20), the torah states, ?you shall fear hashem, your gd; ...

From Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz

rabbi arthur segal:chesbon ha nefesh:jewish renewal:jewish ...88.) rabbi arthur segal:chesbon ha nefesh:jewish renewal:jewish ...

Over a week ago | Tuesday 16th of September 2008 12:06:00 PM

later sages such as the totafot, sforno, rashi, rashbam, vilna gaon, aderet eliyahu, hersh goldwurm, b'chor shor, gur aryeh, and the ramban write and argue over what these borders were. they can reach no conclusion that all will accept. ...

From Rabbi Arthur Segal

Whoa!!! ARE YOU READY FOR MOSHIACH? A Moshiach Miscellany89.) Whoa!!! ARE YOU READY FOR MOSHIACH? A Moshiach Miscellany

Over a week ago | Wednesday 05th of November 2008 06:06:00 PM

75- a collection of the views of the Vilna Gaon regarding the redemption, see also Iyun Yaakov on Eruvin 43:A. -However, he will die before he completes the process. Gemara-Succah 52:A. -At that point, a period of darkness and confusion ...

From Mommy

Reply to Reb ?Factual Basis? on My Blog: Judaism: The Vegan Religion90.) Reply to Reb ?Factual Basis? on My Blog: Judaism: The Vegan Religion

Over a week ago | Wednesday 30th of July 2008 01:04:00 AM

Did not the Vilna Gaon say that every advance in science deepens our knowledge of Torah? How true, though we must always be a bit sceptical of every new ?scientific breakthrough?, for a lot of them have been reversed. ...

From lobobreed

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