Rabbi Moshe Sofer
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Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the Chasam Sofer, was a leading 18th–19th century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose rulings and leadership profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and traditionalist Judaism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chatam Sofer | 2 |
| Rabbi Moshe Sofer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13040798 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Rabbi Moshe Sofer Context triple: [Rabbi Akiva Eiger, relative, Rabbi Moshe Sofer]
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Rabbi Shlomo Eiger
Rabbi Shlomo Eiger was a prominent 19th-century Polish rabbi and Torah scholar, known as the son of the renowned halachic authority Rabbi Akiva Eiger and for his own rabbinic leadership and writings.
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Rabbi Yaakov Emden
Rabbi Yaakov Emden was an 18th-century German rabbinic scholar and halachic authority known for his prolific writings, fierce opposition to Sabbateanism, and influential role within the later Acharonim.
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Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
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Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever was a leading 19th-century Orthodox rabbi and early Zionist pioneer who helped lay the ideological and organizational foundations of religious Zionism.
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Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rabbi Moshe Sofer Target entity description: Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the Chasam Sofer, was a leading 18th–19th century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose rulings and leadership profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and traditionalist Judaism.
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A.
Rabbi Shlomo Eiger
Rabbi Shlomo Eiger was a prominent 19th-century Polish rabbi and Torah scholar, known as the son of the renowned halachic authority Rabbi Akiva Eiger and for his own rabbinic leadership and writings.
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B.
Rabbi Yaakov Emden
Rabbi Yaakov Emden was an 18th-century German rabbinic scholar and halachic authority known for his prolific writings, fierce opposition to Sabbateanism, and influential role within the later Acharonim.
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C.
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
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D.
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever was a leading 19th-century Orthodox rabbi and early Zionist pioneer who helped lay the ideological and organizational foundations of religious Zionism.
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E.
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian Empire rabbi
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Hungarian rabbi ⓘ Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Jewish theologian ⓘ Orthodox rabbi ⓘ Rosh Yeshiva ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ Torah commentator ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ human ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Bratislava
NERFINISHED
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Pressburg Jewish cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
NERFINISHED
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Shimon Sofer of Krakow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1762-09-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1839-10-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Frankfurt yeshivot ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
NERFINISHED
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Jewish law ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
Chasam Sofer
NERFINISHED
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Chatam Sofer NERFINISHED ⓘ Ḥatam Sofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Sofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Moshe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Central European Orthodox Judaism
NERFINISHED
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Haredi Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hungarian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Opposition to Reform Judaism
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Traditionalist Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of traditional Jewish law against Reform
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founding influence on Pressburg Yeshiva tradition ⓘ leading 19th-century Orthodox halachic authority ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Chadash asur min haTorah (all innovation is forbidden by the Torah) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chasam Sofer (Responsa)
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Chasam Sofer on Shas NERFINISHED ⓘ Chasam Sofer on the Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiddushei Chasam Sofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bratislava
NERFINISHED
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Pressburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Rabbi of Pressburg
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Rosh Yeshiva of Pressburg Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousMovement | Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarel Sofer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| student |
Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer
NERFINISHED
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Azriel Hildesheimer NERFINISHED ⓘ Hillel Lichtenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Moshe Schick NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehuda Aszód NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Mattersdorf
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Pressburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Prostějov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Rabbi Moshe Sofer Description of subject: Rabbi Moshe Sofer, known as the Chasam Sofer, was a leading 18th–19th century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose rulings and leadership profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and traditionalist Judaism.
Referenced by (4)
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