Vilna Gaon
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Elijah ben Solomon Zalman,, also known as the Vilna Gaon, was a Lithuanian Jewish talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of misnagdic Jewry of the past few centuries.
A portrait attributed to the Vilna Gaon
A street sign named after the Vilna Gaon in Vilnius
A commemorative plaque in Vilnius at the site where the Vilna Gaon's house once stood, inscribed: "The Gaon Eliyahu of Vilna lived in the house that stood here."
Torah study
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Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts. According to Rabbinic Judaism, the study is d
Rabbis debating the Talmud, 1870
A historic painting of Jews studying Torah
Students in the Mir Yeshiva, Jerusalem, studying Talmud as a chavrusa
A Torah class in Jerusalem