Looking for sentences and phrases with the word Vilna? Here are some examples.
Sentence Examples
After Pesach he and his family went for a short while to Vilna.
The notion derives from a comment by the Vilna Gaon and probably reflects his antipathy toward the Chasidic concept of the tzaddik.
The source text has two forms, one found in II Samuel 22, and the other in Psalm 18, the one prescribed for that day according to the custom of the Vilna Gaon.
Examples from Classical Literature
My first teacher was my father, a good violinist and concertmaster of the Vilna Symphony Orchestra.
Some one speaks of the forts of Vilna and Grodno, which are supposed to be impregnable.
Marija was an orphan, and had worked since childhood for a rich farmer of Vilna, who beat her regularly.
From Vilna the signal was given for a new campaign against the hasidim.
The first section, Ground Zero, presents writings forged by the crucible of ghettos and concentration camps in Vilna, Lodz, and Minsk-Mazowiecki.
We have abandoned Vilna and Vitebsk and shall abandon Drissa.
