The epidemic that brought Jews back to Jerusalem
Fleeing a Galilean plague, a handful of the Vilna Gaon’s students rewrote the holy city’s history
The 'Vilna Gaon Map' is believed to be a copy of a map drawn by the Gaon, which was illustrated by his students shortly after his death around 1800.(photo credit: ERAN LAOR CARTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL)
