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Vilna Gaon
The Vilna Gaon, Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, was a Jewish scholar of Vilnius and one of the most influential authorities on the Talmud and Jewish law. Holding no official post, he studied and taught in seclusion and emphasised rigorous study of texts. He led the opposition to the Hasidic movement, and his followers made Vilnius a centre of Jewish learning known as the Jerusalem of Lithuania.
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