Rabbi Shmuel Heller
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Rabbi Shmuel Heller was a prominent 19th-century rabbinic leader and halachic authority in Safed, known for his scholarship and leadership of the city’s Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Shmuel Heller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6245995 — 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: Rabbi Shmuel Heller Context triple: [Old Cemetery of Safed, hasGraveOf, Rabbi Shmuel Heller]
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A.
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
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B.
Rabbi Asher Weiss
Rabbi Asher Weiss is a prominent contemporary Haredi posek and Torah scholar, widely respected for his halachic rulings, lectures, and writings.
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C.
Rabbi Shalom Messas
Rabbi Shalom Messas was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbinic authority who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
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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.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was a leading 20th-century Orthodox halachic authority in Jerusalem, renowned for his rulings on contemporary issues such as technology and medicine in Jewish law.
- 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: Rabbi Shmuel Heller Target entity description: Rabbi Shmuel Heller was a prominent 19th-century rabbinic leader and halachic authority in Safed, known for his scholarship and leadership of the city’s Jewish community.
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A.
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
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B.
Rabbi Asher Weiss
Rabbi Asher Weiss is a prominent contemporary Haredi posek and Torah scholar, widely respected for his halachic rulings, lectures, and writings.
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C.
Rabbi Shalom Messas
Rabbi Shalom Messas was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbinic authority who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
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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.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was a leading 20th-century Orthodox halachic authority in Jerusalem, renowned for his rulings on contemporary issues such as technology and medicine in Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious leader
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halachic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| authorityOn | Jewish law ⓘ |
| basedIn | Galilee ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jews
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halacha
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Talmud ⓘ rabbinic leadership ⓘ |
| influenced | Jewish religious life in Safed ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier rabbinic authorities ⓘ |
| knownAs | Shmuel Heller ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ottoman Palestine ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Jewish community of Safed
ⓘ
linked to:
Safed Old Yishuv community
|
| movement | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Talmudic scholarship
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halachic rulings ⓘ leadership of the Jewish community of Safed ⓘ |
| partOf | rabbinic leadership of Ottoman Palestine ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief rabbi of Safed
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rabbinic leader of Safed ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Safed ⓘ |
| title | Rabbi ⓘ |
| workLocation | Safed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Shmuel Heller Description of subject: Rabbi Shmuel Heller was a prominent 19th-century rabbinic leader and halachic authority in Safed, known for his scholarship and leadership of the city’s Jewish community.
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