Rabbi Yehoshua Falk
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Rabbi Yehoshua Falk was a prominent 16th–17th century Polish rabbinic authority and halachic commentator, best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Yehoshua Falk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7209188 — 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 Yehoshua Falk Context triple: [Derisha and Perisha, author, Rabbi Yehoshua Falk]
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A.
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes was a prominent 17th–18th century Ottoman rabbi and halakhic authority, best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentaries.
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B.
Rabbi Avraham Galanti
Rabbi Avraham Galanti was a prominent 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar associated with the mystical community of Safed in the Land of Israel.
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C.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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 Yehoshua Falk Target entity description: Rabbi Yehoshua Falk was a prominent 16th–17th century Polish rabbinic authority and halachic commentator, best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
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A.
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes
Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes was a prominent 17th–18th century Ottoman rabbi and halakhic authority, best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentaries.
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B.
Rabbi Avraham Galanti
Rabbi Avraham Galanti was a prominent 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar associated with the mystical community of Safed in the Land of Israel.
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C.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal commentator
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Talmudic scholar ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rabbi Yehoshua Falk ha-Kohen
NERFINISHED
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SeMA NERFINISHED ⓘ Sefer Me’irat Einayim NERFINISHED ⓘ Sema NERFINISHED ⓘ Yehoshua Falk ben Alexander ha-Kohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 16th century ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 17th century ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
NERFINISHED
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Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Talmudic commentary
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halachic commentary ⓘ |
| influenced |
halachic decisors in Eastern Europe
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later Polish rabbinic authorities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commentary on Choshen Mishpat
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glosses on the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ halachic responsa ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalTradition | Ashkenazic halakhic tradition ⓘ |
| name | Yehoshua Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Derishah u-Perishah
NERFINISHED
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Me’irat Einayim NERFINISHED ⓘ Sema on Choshen Mishpat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
posek
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rabbi ⓘ |
| partOf | Polish rabbinic leadership of the early modern period ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kraków
NERFINISHED
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Lublin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lwów NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Eastern Europe
NERFINISHED
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Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousMovement | Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Choshen Mishpat
NERFINISHED
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Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoreh De’ah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Yehoshua Falk Description of subject: Rabbi Yehoshua Falk was a prominent 16th–17th century Polish rabbinic authority and halachic commentator, best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Derisha and Perisha