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| | Welcome to the Vilna Site |
 | | Many at the head of the religious community were well-known, amongst them famous rabbis such as Moshe Lima (son of Yitzhak Yehuda, died in 1670) who wrote the book Chelkat Mechokek that became renown throughout the Diaspora. |
 | | The religious judges in Vilna at this point were Ephraim (1616-1678, son of Yaakov The Cohen, Shar Efraim), Shabtai Cohen (son of Meir The Cohen, 1622-1663) Aaron Shmuel Keidanov (known as the Mahrshk, 1614-1676, born in Kedainiai), and Hillel (wrote Beit Hillel, born in Galicia, religious judge in Vilna). |
 | | Rabbi Shah Shabtai Cohen became the rabbi of Holesov in Moravia. |
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