Shlomo HaKohen (Vilna)

Shlomo HaKohen (Hebrew: שלמה הכהן; 1828–1905) was an Av Beis Din (chief justice of a rabbinical court) and posek (decider of Jewish law) of Vilna.

His glosses on the Talmud were published in the Vilna Edition Shas under the name "Cheshek Shlomo" (חשק שלמה).

His halachik responsa were published under the title "Binyan Shlomo" (שו"ת בנין שלמה).

[6] As a critical scholar, HaKohen researched the text of Ketuvim based on various writings of the Vilna Gaon.

[8] However, claims that he honored Theodor Herzl by greeting him with a Torah scroll in hand and described him as the equivalent of the Jewish kings of the Biblical era are false.