Oct
27
Vilna, Jerusalem de Lita
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Jewish Heritage sightseeing of the famous city of Vilnius that was once called Jerusalem of Lithuania.
It introduces a Jewish history in Vilnius. The tour takes to the streets of the former Ghetto area with its monuments to the victims of the Holocaust, the Jewish Cemetery with the mausoleum of the world renowned Gaon Rav Eliyahu and the tombs of the last Vilna rabbis alongside the victims of the ghetto. You will visit the medieval Jewish quarter with its streets and courts. The tour includes a visit to the Choral Synagogue, the only remaining synagogue that was left intact.
The most famous religious authority, who determined the religious and cultural singularity of the Lithuanian Jews, was a sage of the 18th century – the Vilna Gaon.
The name of Vilna Gaon Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, the greatest sage of the 18th century, the world-famous commentator of Torah and Talmud, made Vilnius famous as Lithuanian Jerusalem. His powerful intellect and erudition caused Vilnius to become a spiritual centre of Jews that was known all over the world.
In the beginning of the 20th century Jacob S. Reizin wrote: “After completing the Talmud, almost no expert of Jewish literature was better than or at least equal to Elijah of Vilnius.”













































