Hillel Rivlin of Shklov (Hebrew: הלל ריבלין; 1758-1838) was a close disciple of the Vilna Gaon. Along with some other pupils of the Vilna Gaon, he is credited with having revitalized the Ashkenazi community in what is now Israel (then the Ottoman province of Palestine), by immigrating to Jerusalem in 1809.
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1758
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1838 (aged 79)
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