Hallel

E44183

Jewish liturgical text prayer

Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Hallel canonical	11
Egyptian Hallel	3
Jewish Hallel	2
Hallel (on Sukkot and Passover)	1
Hallel prayer	1
Hallel psalms	1
Jewish Passover Hallel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T348714 — 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: Hallel
Context triple: [Passover, liturgicalText, Hallel]

A. Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
B. Shema Yisrael
Shema Yisrael is a central Jewish declaration of faith affirming the oneness of God, traditionally recited daily and incorporated into various religious practices and texts.
C. Neilah
Neilah is the solemn closing prayer service that concludes Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days in Jewish tradition.
D. Psalm 117
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, consisting of just two verses that call all nations to praise the Lord for His steadfast love and faithfulness.
E. Shalom Aleichem
Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
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: Hallel
Target entity description: Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.

A. Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
B. Shema Yisrael
Shema Yisrael is a central Jewish declaration of faith affirming the oneness of God, traditionally recited daily and incorporated into various religious practices and texts.
C. Neilah
Neilah is the solemn closing prayer service that concludes Yom Kippur and the High Holy Days in Jewish tradition.
D. Psalm 117
Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible, consisting of just two verses that call all nations to praise the Lord for His steadfast love and faithfulness.
E. Shalom Aleichem
Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish liturgical text ⓘ prayer ⓘ
addressedTo	YHWH ⓘ surface form: God of Israel
alsoKnownAs	Hallel ⓘ surface form: Egyptian Hallel
associatedWith	Temple worship in Jerusalem ⓘ
centralConcept	hallelujah (praise the Lord) ⓘ
composedOf	Psalm 113 ⓘ Psalm 114 ⓘ Psalm 115 ⓘ Psalm 116 ⓘ Psalm 117 ⓘ Psalm 118 ⓘ
contains	blessings ⓘ verses of praise ⓘ
halakhicCategory	obligatory prayer on certain festivals ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalCategory	Psalms ⓘ
liturgicalFunction	sanctification of festivals ⓘ
musicalTradition	often chanted with special melodies ⓘ
originPeriod	Second Temple period (traditional attribution) ⓘ
purpose	praise of God ⓘ thanksgiving to God ⓘ
recitationStyle	congregational ⓘ responsive ⓘ
recitedBy	men in traditional practice ⓘ women in many contemporary communities ⓘ
recitedDuring	Haggadah ⓘ surface form: Passover Seder morning prayer service ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sectionOf	Jewish festival liturgy ⓘ
statusOn	full Hallel on major festivals ⓘ partial Hallel on Rosh Chodesh ⓘ partial Hallel on some days of Passover ⓘ
textSource	Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms
theme	deliverance from Egypt ⓘ divine salvation ⓘ national thanksgiving ⓘ trust in God ⓘ
tradition	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
usedOn	Hanukkah ⓘ Passover ⓘ Rosh Chodesh ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Shemini Atzeret ⓘ Simchat Torah ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Passover → liturgicalText → Hallel ⓘ

Hanukkah → includesPrayer → Hallel ⓘ

Siddur → contains → Hallel ⓘ

Shacharit → hasComponent → Hallel ⓘ

Psalm 117 → includedIn → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hallel psalms

Sephardi-Mizrahi prayer rite → includesPrayer → Hallel ⓘ

Haggadah → includesSection → Hallel ⓘ

Hallel → alsoKnownAs → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Hallel

Chol HaMoed → observes → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hallel (on Sukkot and Passover)

Festival of Lights → liturgicalElement → Hallel ⓘ

Nusach Sefard → hasComponent → Hallel ⓘ

Rosh Chodesh → hasPrayer → Hallel ⓘ

Psalm 118 → liturgicalUse → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Hallel

Psalm 118 → partOf → Hallel ⓘ

Psalm 116 → liturgicalUse → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Passover Hallel

Psalm 113 → liturgicalUse → Hallel ⓘ

Psalm 113 → isPartOfLiturgicalUnit → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Hallel

Psalm 114 → liturgicalUse → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish Hallel

Psalm 114 → sectionOfHallel → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Hallel

Four Species on Sukkot → usedIn → Hallel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hallel prayer

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Referenced by (20)

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