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91.) Child Prodigy

Over a week ago | Thursday 18th of September 2008 05:56:00 PM

The Vilna Gaon explains based on the following Gemora in Brochos (4a): It is written: ?Ad ya?avor amecha Hashem; ad ya?avor am zu kanisa.? Until your people pass through, Hashem; until this people that You have acquired pass through. ...

From Avromi

92.) The Blog of Garnel Ironheart: The Consequences of Atheism

Over a week ago | Saturday 27th of December 2008 07:04:00 PM

You think you're smarter than some of the greatest minds in history like Rav Joseph B Soloveitchik, the Chafetz Chayim, the Vilna Gaon and countless other great rabbonim whose knowledge, logical abilities and intellect are without peer. ...

From The Leader, Garnel Ironheart

93.) Shirat Devorah: The Vilna Gaon on The Book of Yonah

Over a week ago | Thursday 12th of June 2008 12:00:00 AM

Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, commonly known as the Gaon (literally "genius") was probably the most influential Jewish leader in modern history. He never assumed any official position of leadership and spent his time in almost total isolation ...

From Devorah

94.) thoughts on tisha b'av 2008

Over a week ago | Sunday 10th of August 2008 01:56:00 PM

the vilna gaon explains that moses said, ?how can i carry your burdens alone?? and jeremiah asked, ?how can the city (of jerusalem) sit alone?? feeling alone, explains the gr?a (a talmudist), is the essence of our national tragedy. ...

From Paleonym

95.) reflections on jewish unity

Over a week ago | Wednesday 06th of August 2008 10:29:00 AM

the late lubavitcher rebbe once hosted rav joseph soleveitchik and said that there, at his table, the neshomah (soul) of the vilna gaon and the neshomah of the ba?al shem tov finally made peace after the tragic conflict that raged ...

From torahideals

96.) The Hillel Foundation Meets The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Over a week ago | Tuesday 05th of August 2008 08:14:00 AM

The Vilna Gaon did not negate Kabbalah, because he had his own group and he learned Kabbalah. In his opinion, it was something not to be learned with a large group, but to be taught to only a select group, as the others are not able to ...

From Menachem M. Kirschenbaum

97.) washington times: lithuania?s jewish problem

Over a week ago | Sunday 20th of July 2008 05:14:00 AM

in the 1950s, the communist authorities built a ?sports palace? on the site, and some remains, including those of the legendary jewish religious figure elijah ben shlomo zalman (the vilna gaon) were reinterred. ...

From Jeanette

98.) the tools of mussar

Over a week ago | Friday 18th of July 2008 09:05:00 AM

the vilna gaon refers to ?derekh?, a path, and ?raglav? which can translate to ?his feet? or ?his habits?. this being the book of mishlei, which is literally ?metaphors?, obviously one is meant to stand in (sorry for the pun) the other. ...

From micha@aishdas.org (Rabbi Micha Berger)

99.) pearls from the vilna gaon

Over a week ago | Sunday 15th of June 2008 09:24:00 PM

rabbi eliyahu of vilna, commonly known as the gaon (literally ?genius?) was probably the most influential jewish leader in modern history. he never assumed any official position of leadership and spent his time in almost total isolation ...

From thebenoni

100.) Day 15: The Vilnius Yiddish Institute and The Green House (Vilna ...

Over a week ago | Friday 12th of September 2008 07:06:00 AM

This morning, we meet with Fania at the Vilnius Yiddish Institute. She was a partisan during the war and now works as a librarian at the institute. We ask her about her life before the war. She shares this photo with us: ...

From Frances Tay McHugh

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