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ווילנא

Vilnius

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בית החיים ווילנא

Vilnius Jewish Cemetery (Sudervės) — Ohel of the Vilna Gaon

Jewish cemetery, Sudervės g. 28, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • The Vilna Gaon and his family rest in an ohel at the working Jewish cemetery on Sudervės road, on the northwest edge of Vilnius (the old Šnipiškės cemetery was razed under Soviet rule and the graves reinterred here).
  • The Ger Tzedek (Avraham ben Avraham, Count Potocki) and the Chayei Adam are also memorialized in the ohel. Confirm the gate and access arrangements with the Lithuanian Jewish Community before traveling.
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At the kever

Who is buried here.

רבי אליהו בן שלמה זלמן

Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman

The Vilna Gaon · the Gra

אדרת אליהו · ביאור הגר״א · שנות אליהו

י״ט תשרי · 5558 / 1797

The Gaon of Vilna; reinterred in the ohel at the Sudervės cemetery after the old cemetery was destroyed.

אברהם בן אברהם

Avraham ben Avraham

The Ger Tzedek of Vilna — Count Valentin Potocki

Burned al kiddush Hashem in 1749. Moved together with the Gaon in 1950 when the old Šnipiškės cemetery was cleared, and memorialised in the same ohel.

רבי אברהם דאנציג

Rabbi Avraham Danzig

The Chayei Adam

חיי אדם · חכמת אדם

1748–1820. Dayan in Vilna. Chayei Adam is the sefer a great many baalei batim learnt their halacha from.

רבי חיים עוזר גרודזענסקי

Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzenski

Reb Chaim Ozer

אחיעזר

5700 / 1940

The rov of Vilna and the address for the questions of a generation, until his petirah in 1940. His kever, and those of his rebbetzin, his daughter and his brother, were moved to this cemetery when the old ground was cleared — the same move that brought the Gaon here.

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What else is within reach.

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Questions

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Where is the beis hachaim in Vilnius?

Vilnius Jewish Cemetery (Sudervės) — Ohel of the Vilna Gaon — Jewish cemetery, Sudervės g. 28, Vilnius, Lithuania. Vilnius is also searched as Vilna.

Who is buried in Vilnius?

The listing for this beis hachaim records Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, Avraham ben Avraham, Rabbi Avraham Danzig, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzenski.

Which airport is closest to Vilnius?

Vilnius International (VNO), about 9.4 km · 6 mi away in a straight line. The other airports within reach are Kaunas International (KUN) and Minsk National (MSQ). There is no direct flight to the town itself, so the last leg is by road whichever airport you use.