Rabbi Moshe Isserles
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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.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Moshe Isserles canonical | 18 |
| Moses Isserles | 10 |
| Moshe Isserles | 10 |
| Rabbi Moses Isserles | 6 |
| Israel Isserles | 2 |
| Moshe ben Israel Isserles | 1 |
| Rema (Rabbi Moses Isserles) | 1 |
| Rema (Rabbi Moshe Isserles) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Rabbi Moshe Isserles Context triple: [Shulchan Aruch, commentaryBy, Rabbi Moshe Isserles]
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Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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D.
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim was a pioneering 19th-century Jewish writer often called the “grandfather” of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
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Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Rabbi Moshe Isserles Target entity description: 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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A.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
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B.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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C.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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D.
Mendele Mocher Sforim
Mendele Mocher Sforim was a pioneering 19th-century Jewish writer often called the “grandfather” of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature.
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E.
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Acharon
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Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Rishonim and Acharonim era rabbi ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rema
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Rema of Kraków ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1530 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Poland
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Kraków ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Kazimierz Jewish Quarter
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surface form:
Old Jewish Cemetery, Kraków
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| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Poland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1 May 1572 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kraków
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Poland ⓘ |
| educatedAt | yeshivot in Poland ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ashkenazi Jews
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surface form:
Ashkenazi Jew
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| father |
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Israel Isserles
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| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish philosophy ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| hasPart |
HaMapah on Choshen Mishpat
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HaMapah on Even HaEzer ⓘ Orach Chayim ⓘ
surface form:
HaMapah on Orach Chaim
HaMapah on Yoreh De’ah ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakhic practice
ⓘ
Mishnah Berurah ⓘ later poskim ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ashkenazic minhag tradition
ⓘ
Jacob ben Asher ⓘ
surface form:
Yaakov ben Asher
Yosef Karo ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Darkhei Moshe commentary on the Tur
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glosses on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law ⓘ shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| name |
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moses Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles self-link ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe ben Israel Isserles
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| notableWork |
Darkhei Moshe
ⓘ
Mapah ⓘ
surface form:
HaMapah
Mappah ⓘ Mechir Yayin ⓘ Responsa ⓘ
surface form:
Shu”t Rema
Toras HaChatas ⓘ Torat HaOlah ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of yeshiva in Kraków
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rabbi of Kraków ⓘ |
| primaryTopicOf | Rema Synagogue in Kraków ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Golda ⓘ |
| workLocation | Kraków ⓘ |
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Subject: Rabbi Moshe Isserles Description of subject: 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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