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- Yiddish · borrowed fromדער ווילנער גאון
- English todayVilna Gaon
From Yiddish דער ווילנער גאון (der vilner goen, literally “the genius from Vilnius”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vilna Gaon
Today it means: Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, a Jewish polymath from Vilnius renowned for his erudition and one of the most influential opponents of the developing Hasidic movement. Full definition →
Yiddish דער ווילנער גאון