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- datedDated form of Vilnius: the capital city of Lithuania.
There is a famous story about Rabbi Yisrael Salanter who ate on the Bimah in Vilna at the end of the Yom Kippur morning service in 1848 during a cholera epidemic, together with two other Dayyanim, to persuade the congregation to eat during the epidemic.
2024, David Golinkin, “Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 66
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Vilna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vilna
“Vilna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vilna. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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