Elijah ben Solomon Zalman
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Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish Talmudist and Kabbalist, renowned as one of the greatest rabbinic scholars and leaders of the non-Hasidic (Mitnagdic) movement.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elijah ben Solomon Zalman canonical | 11 |
| Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman | 2 |
| Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman | 1 |
| Solomon Zalman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman Context triple: [Vilna Gaon, alsoKnownAs, Elijah ben Solomon Zalman]
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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.
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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 Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
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Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, was a preeminent late-19th and early-20th-century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose ethical and legal works profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman Target entity description: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish Talmudist and Kabbalist, renowned as one of the greatest rabbinic scholars and leaders of the non-Hasidic (Mitnagdic) movement.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
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D.
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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E.
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, was a preeminent late-19th and early-20th-century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose ethical and legal works profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century rabbi
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Jewish religious leader ⓘ Kabbalist ⓘ Lithuanian Jew ⓘ Mitnagdic leader ⓘ Talmud commentator ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ Torah commentator ⓘ biblical commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gaon of Vilna
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linked to:
Vilna Gaon
Ha-Gra ⓘ Vilna Gaon ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1720-04-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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Vilna ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Vilna ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1797-10-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Vilna ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Hebrew grammar ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Jewish philosophy ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ Talmud ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish textual scholarship
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Lithuanian yeshiva movement ⓘ
linked to:
Lithuanian yeshivot
Mitnagdic thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Hebrew
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| movement | Mitnagdim ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
emphasis on direct study of primary texts
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emphasis on peshat in biblical interpretation ⓘ opposition to Hasidic mystical practices ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch
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commentary on Safra di-Tsni’uta in the Zohar ⓘ commentary on Sifra de-Tzniuta ⓘ commentary on the Mishnah ⓘ commentary on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ commentary on the Talmud ⓘ commentary on the Tanakh ⓘ |
| opposedMovement | Hasidism ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Vilna ⓘ |
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Subject: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman Description of subject: Elijah ben Solomon Zalman was an 18th-century Lithuanian Jewish Talmudist and Kabbalist, renowned as one of the greatest rabbinic scholars and leaders of the non-Hasidic (Mitnagdic) movement.
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