ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN — (the Vilna Gaon or Elijah Gaon ; acronym Ha GRA = Ha Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu; 1720–1797), one of the greatest spiritual and intellectual leaders of Jewry in modern times. A man of iron will, Elijah combined the personal life of an intellectual hermit… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Elijah ben Solomon Abraham ha-Kohen — (d. 1729) was dayyan of Smyrna, almoner and preacher. Works Elijah produced over 30 works, of which the principal, according to Wunderbar ( Orient, Lit. p. 579), are as follows: * Midrash Eliyahu, eleven funeral sermons and a commentary on the… … Wikipedia
ELIJAH BEN SHEMAIAH — (fl. 11th century), liturgical poet in Bari, southern Italy. He was one of the most prolific poets of the Italian school. He composed about 40 seliḥot, most of them strophic, which have remained in manuscripts and old editions; some were included … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ELIJAH BEN ELIEZER PHILOSOPH HA-YERUSHALMI — (fl. 15th century), scholar and Hebrew poet who lived in Crete. Elijah wrote a book on logic, Sefer Higgayon al Derekh She elot u Teshuvot (manuscripts in Leiden, Paris, and Parma), which is based entirely on Aristotelian logic, omitting the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Elijah ben Solomon — born April 23, 1720, Sielec, Lith., Russian Empire died Oct. 9, 1797, Vilna Lithuanian scholar and Jewish leader. Born into a long line of scholars, he traveled in Poland and Germany before settling in Vilna, the cultural centre of eastern… … Universalium
JACOB BEN ḤAYYIM BEN ISAAC IBN ADONIJAH — JACOB BEN HAYYIM BEN ISAAC IBN ADONIJAH (c. 1470–c. 1538), kabbalist, talmudist, and masoretic scholar. Born in Tunis, which he left on account of persecutions early in the 16th century, Jacob went to Rome and Florence and eventually settled in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah — Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac ibn Adonijah, (about 1470–before 1538), was a scholar of the Masoretic textual notes on the Hebrew Bible, and printer. Born in Spain, he left his native country and fled to Tunis (hence sometimes called Tunisi) to… … Wikipedia
ELIASHOV, SOLOMON BEN ḤAYYIM — (1841–1926), kabbalist. Eliashov, who was born in Zagara, Lithuania, studied in the yeshivah in Telz, but spent most of his life as a private citizen in Shavli in Samogitia, Lithuania and never took a rabbinic position. In 1915 he was expelled… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KLATZKIN, ELIJAH BEN NAPHTALI HERZ — (1852–1932), rabbi and author. Klatzkin s father (1823–1894) was rabbi of Ushpol (1851–58), where Elijah was born, and later of Schoemberg (Courland). Elijah was known in his childhood as the Shklover Illui ( child prodigy of Shklov ). He is said … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA, ELIJAH BEN BENJAMIN WOLF — (1660–1712), rabbi, preacher, and halakhist. Elijah studied under his grandfather, Aaron Simeon Shapira, and abraham abele gombiner . He was the brother in law of jacob reischer and of david oppenheim . He served as rabbi in Kolin, Bohemia, and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
