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GAON #15 - The Gaon and His Bais Medrash 

JL;DR SUMMARY In episode 15 of GAON, Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein discusses the Vilna Gaon and his Bais Medrash, focusing on biographical details such as when the Bais Medrash was built and the Gaon's close students like R Chaim Volozhin. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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AliyahJewish History.HalachaShasVilna GaonR Chaim VolozhinRabbi Arnie WittensteinBais MedrashR Yonasan EibeshitzR Yaacov Emden

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