Elijah ben Solomon Zalman,[1] (bahasa Ibrani: ר' אליהו בן שלמה זלמן Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman) known as the Vilna Gaon[2] (bahasa Yiddi: דער װילנער גאון, bahasa Polandia: Gaon z Wilna, bahasa Lituania: Vilniaus Gaonas) atau Elijah dari Vilna, atau akronim Ibrani HaGra ("HaGaon Rabbenu Eliyahu": "Sang bijaksana, guru kami, Elijah") atau Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman (23 April 1720 – 9 Oktober 1797), adalah seorang Talmudis, halakhis, kabbalis, dan pemimpin terdepan misnagdik (non-hasidik) pada beberapa abad lampau.[3][4][5] Ia lebih dikenal dalam bahasa Ibrani sebagai ha-Gaon he-Chasid mi-Vilna, "sang cerdik nan saleh dari Vilnius".[6]
Referensi
^Within recent decades he has been given the surname Kremer. However neither the Vilna Gaon nor his descendants apparently used this surname, which means shopkeeper. It was possibly mistakenly derived from a nickname of his ancestor Rabbi Moshe Kremer. "The Vilna Gaon, part 3 (Review of Eliyahu Stern, The Genius)". Marc B. Shapiro
"The Gaon of Vilna and the Haskalah movement", by Emanuel Etkes, reprinted in Dan, Joseph (ed.). Studies in Jewish thought (Praeger, NY, 1989) ISBN0-275-93038-6
"The mystical experiences of the Gaon of Vilna", in Jacobs, Louis (ed.). Jewish mystical testimonies (Schocken Books, NY, 1977) ISBN0-8052-3641-4
Landau, Betzalel and Rosenblum, Yonason. The Vilna Gaon: the life and teachings of Rabbi Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna (Mesorah Pub., Ltd., 1994) ISBN0-89906-441-8
Ackerman, C. D. (trans.) Even Sheleimah: the Vilna Gaon looks at life (Targum Press, 1994) ISBN0-944070-96-5
Schapiro, Moshe. Journey of the Soul: The Vilna Gaon on Yonah/Johan: an allegorical commentary adapted from the Vilna Gaon's Aderes Eliyahu (Mesorah Pub., Ltd., 1997). ISBN1-57819-161-0
Freedman, Chaim. Eliyahu's Branches: The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon (Of Blessed and Saintly Memory) and His Family (Avotaynu, 1997) ISBN1-886223-06-8
Rosenstein, Neil. The Gaon of Vilna and his Cousinhood (Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1997) ISBN0-9610578-5-8