Proper noun
A village in Alberta, Canada.
Dated form of Vilnius., the capital city of Lithuania.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAlthough the Vilna Gaon did not look with favor on the Hasidic movement, he did not prohibit the study and engagement in the Kabbalah. Source: Internet
All these works and their commentaries are printed in the Vilna and many subsequent editions of the Talmud. Source: Internet
A Jewish Lithuanian partisans’ group ‘The Avengers’ on their return to Vilna at the time of the liberation of the city by the Red Army in July 1944. Source: Internet
Ashkenazim outside of Israel (except Chabad-Lubavitch and followers of the Vilna Gaon ) then add another blessing (Baruch Adonai le-Olam), which is made from a tapestry of biblical verses. Source: Internet
However, followers of Rambam or the Gaon of Vilna do recite a blessing. Source: Internet
In his book Students, Scholars and Saints, Ginzberg quotes the Vilna Gaon instructing, “Do not regard the views of the Shulchan Aruch as binding if you think that they are not in agreement with those of the Talmud.” Source: Internet