Historedia
Person

Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (Vilna Gaon)

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1809

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (Vilna Gaon), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Disciples of the Vilna Gaon arrive in Palestine, 1809

    1809

    Role: Spiritual leader whose teachings motivated the migration; died in 1797

    1. 1809 · Safed, Safed SanjakArrival of Perushim in Safed

      Disciples of the Vilna Gaon arrived in Safed in 1809, reinvigorating the Jewish community in Ottoman Syria.

Sources

  1. Vilna Gaon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-05
  2. Perushim Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-30