Grave
The Gaon of Vilna
Yahrzeit (Hillula)
- 12 Tevet — Rabbi Moshe Margalit – Teacher of the Gaon of Vilna
- 19 Tishrei — The Vilna Gaon
Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman - the Gaon of Vilna, the Vilna Gaon, ha-Gra (ha-Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu)
Yahrzeit - 19 Tishrei;
Burial place - the "Old" Jewish cemetery (known as "Shnipishok," as mentioned above, or Piramont) was located north of the Vilna Jewish ghetto (Virsulishkes, Vilnius 07192).
You need to drive up to the main entrance and walk along the main path; exactly 200 meters on the left you will see a small structure housing the resting place of the Gaon of Vilna.
Also resting here alongside him are his father - Rabbi Shlomo Zalman; his son, Rabbi Avraham; his mother - Traina; Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel; Rabbi Yehuda Safra ve-Dayna (known by the acronym Yesod); Rabbi Avraham Danzig, author of the book "Chayei Adam"; Rabbi Shmuel ben Avigdor, the last Rav of Vilna, as well as Count Valentin Potocki - the righteous convert - Avraham ben Avraham.
Location
Šeškinė, Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Литва
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