=Eisenstadt, Michael=, represents Kahals before Russian Government, I 393 =Ekaterinoslav=, see Yekaterinoslav =Ekron=, Jewish colony in Palestine, II 375 =Eliezer=, Bohemian scholar, quoted, I 43 =Elijah=, the prophet, believed to associate with Besht, I 228 Russian church festival in honor of, II 358 =Elijah of Vilna=, called the Gaon, idolized by rabbis of Lithuania and other countries, I 235 f familiar with Cabala, I 235 studied secular sciences, I 235 f tolerant towards pursuit of secular sciences, I 381 avoids _pilpul_ and cultivates method of textual analysis, I 236 introduces method into yeshibahs of Lithuania, I 380; particularly into yeshibah of Volozhin, I 381 fragmentary nature of literary work of, I 236 rigorist in religious practice, I 236 opposes Hasidism, I 236 causes issuance of _herem_ against Hasidism, I 237 reaffirms _herem_, I 373 checks growth of Hasidism in Vilna, I 372 refuses to see Shneor Zalman, I 374 f death of, I 375 Hasidim of Vilna rejoice over death of, I 375 =Elimelech of Lizno=, hasidic leader, I 232 =Elizabeth Petrovna=, Russian empress (1741-1761), persecutes non-Orthodox, I 254 decrees expulsion of Jews from entire Russian empire (1727), I 255 refuses plea of Ukrainians and Livonians for admission of Jews, I 257 pens famous resolution against Jews (1743), I 257 decrees again unconditional expulsion of Jews (1744), I 257 f dismisses Sanches, Jewish court physician, I 258 policy of, followed by Catherine II., I 259 =Elizabethgrad=, see Yelisavetgrad