Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Vilna Gaon
Born: April 23, 1720
Died: October 9, 1797 (aged 77)
Bio: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym HaGra or Elijah Ben Solomon,, was a Talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of mitnagdic Jewry of the past few centuries.