Hillel Rivlin
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Hillel Rivlin of Shklov was a close disciple of the Vilna Gaon
, he and some other pupils of the Vilna Gaon are credited with having revitalized the Ashkenazi community in Eretz Yisrael during their era. He was also the author of the esoteric text known as Kol HaTor
, that describes the 999 footsteps of the Moshiach’s arrival. He is also considered one of the patriarchs of the Rivlin family.
Vilna Gaon
Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew acronym Gra or Elijah Ben Solomon, , was a Talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuries...
, he and some other pupils of the Vilna Gaon are credited with having revitalized the Ashkenazi community in Eretz Yisrael during their era. He was also the author of the esoteric text known as Kol HaTor
Kol HaTor
Kol HaTor - קול התור or "The Voice of the Turtledove" was written by Rabbi Hillel Rivlin of Shklov a disciple of the Vilna Gaon . The text deals with the Geulah and describes its signs vis-a-vis an evaluation of a proposed 999 footsteps of the Moshiach’s arrival...
, that describes the 999 footsteps of the Moshiach’s arrival. He is also considered one of the patriarchs of the Rivlin family.