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1. Wilna: Ancient Lithuanian city, capital of the district of the same name; situated on the rivers Vilia and Vileika, about 200 miles southeast from Libau on the Baltic, and 436 miles southwest from St. A Jewish settlement existed there in the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Elijah Wilna: Elijah Wilna, or Elijah ben Solomon, best known as the Gaon Elijah of Wilna (1720-1797), a noted Talmudist who hovered between the new and the old schools of thought. Orthodox in practice and feeling, his critical treatment of the ... [70%] 2022-09-02
3. Wilna Snyman: Wilna Snyman (gebore 14 September 1935 in Kimberley) is ’n Suid-Afrikaanse aktrise en skryfster. Ná haar stryd teen borskanker tree sy ook gereeld op as motiveringspreker vir KANSA en ander organisasies. [70%] 2023-12-12
4. Aaron Markovich Of Wilna: Agent (court Jew) of King Ladislaus IV. The only known document in which his name occurs is a letter, dated January 11, 1638, in the official correspondence between the Russian and Polish courts in the reign of Mikhail Feodorovich, the ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
5. Elijah B. Azriel Of Wilna: He wrote: "Ma'aneh Eliyahu," rules for Hebrew reading, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1704; "Miḳra Ḳodesh," rules of Hebrew grammar, Berlin, 1713; "Miktab me-Eliyahu," a commentary on the "Or Torah" of R. Menahem di Lonsano, Hamburg, 1738; "Zori Gilead ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Abraham Ben Elijah Of Wilna: Russian Talmudist and author; born in Wilna about 1750; died there Dec. The son of Elijah, the gaon of Wilna, a prominent Talmudist, he was educated under the supervision of his father, who was opposed to the fanciful mysticism of ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [44%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
7. Azriel Ben Moses Meshel, Of Wilna: Grammarian; lived at the end of the seventeenth and at the beginning of the eighteenth century. About 1700 he left his native town, Wilna, and settled with his family at Frankfort-on-the-Main. There he published, in 1704, in ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [40%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
8. Elijah Ben Solomon (Also Called Elijah Wilna, Elijah Gaon, And Der Wilner Gaon): Lithuanian Talmudist, cabalist, grammarian, and mathematician; born at Wilna April 23, 1720; died there Oct. He gave evidence of the possession of extraordinary talents while still a child. At the age of seven he was taught Talmud by Moses Margalit ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [27%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]