Neilah

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Jewish liturgical rite Jewish prayer service

Neilah is the solemn closing prayer service that concludes Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days in Jewish tradition.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Neilah canonical	1
Neilah Amidah	1
Neilah section of the machzor	1
Neilah service	1
Neilahh	1
Ne’ila	1
“Atzeret” meaning assembly or stopping/holding back	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T202183 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neilah
Context triple: [Yom Kippur, centralPrayerService, Neilah]

A. Tisha BAv
Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.
B. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
C. Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
D. Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
E. Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neilah
Target entity description: Neilah is the solemn closing prayer service that concludes Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days in Jewish tradition.

A. Tisha BAv
Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.
B. Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
C. Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
D. Shacharit
Shacharit is the Jewish morning prayer service, featuring core elements such as the Shema and Amidah, recited daily and with special liturgical additions on festivals and fast days.
E. Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is the Christian observance between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus Christ’s body resting in the tomb and marking the final day of Holy Week.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish liturgical rite ⓘ Jewish prayer service ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration	Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neilahh Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ne’ila
associatedPractice	intense communal prayer ⓘ open ark for extended periods ⓘ standing for much of the service ⓘ
associatedPrayerBookSection	Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neilah section of the machzor
associatedWith	Yom Kippur ⓘ surface form: Day of Atonement
concludesWith	declaration “Adonai Hu HaElohim” ⓘ proclamation “L’shanah haba’ah biYerushalayim” ⓘ recitation of Shema Yisrael ⓘ shofar blast ⓘ
date	10 Tishrei (Hebrew calendar) ⓘ
etymology	Hebrew word meaning “closing” or “locking” ⓘ
frequency	once per year ⓘ
geographicScope	worldwide Jewish communities ⓘ
halachicStatus	obligatory service on Yom Kippur in traditional law ⓘ
hasComponent	Amidah ⓘ Avinu Malkeinu ⓘ Selichot ⓘ Torah reading (in some rites) ⓘ Vidui ⓘ final shofar blast ⓘ
hasSpecialAmidah	Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Neilah Amidah
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalBook	Machzor ⓘ surface form: Yom Kippur machzor
liturgicalFunction	closing service of Yom Kippur ⓘ concluding service of the High Holy Days ⓘ
liturgicalTheme	atonement ⓘ closing of the gates of heaven ⓘ divine mercy ⓘ repentance ⓘ
observedBy	Conservative Judaism ⓘ surface form: Conservative Jews Masorti movement ⓘ surface form: Masorti Jews Orthodox Judaism ⓘ surface form: Orthodox Jews Reform Judaism ⓘ surface form: Reform Jews many other Jewish denominations ⓘ
occursAfter	Mincha of Yom Kippur ⓘ
occursBefore	end of Yom Kippur fast ⓘ
partOf	High Holy Days ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
requires	fasting continues through service ⓘ
symbolism	closing of the heavenly gates ⓘ
timeOfDay	late afternoon ⓘ toward sunset ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yom Kippur → centralPrayerService → Neilah ⓘ

Machzor → includesSection → Neilah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neilah service

Neilah → associatedPrayerBookSection → Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neilah section of the machzor

Neilah → hasSpecialAmidah → Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neilah Amidah

Neilah → alternativeTransliteration → Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ne’ila

Neilah → alternativeTransliteration → Neilah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neilahh

Eighth Day of Assembly → hasEtymology → Neilah ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Atzeret” meaning assembly or stopping/holding back

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Referenced by (7)

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