David HaLevi Segal
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17th-century rabbi
Jewish legal scholar
Talmudic scholar
commentator on Shulchan Aruch
halachic authority
rabbi
David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century rabbi and Talmudic scholar best known for his influential halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David HaLevi Segal canonical | 3 |
| David Ha-Levi Segal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7210808 — 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: David HaLevi Segal Context triple: [Taz, author, David HaLevi Segal]
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A.
Pinchas Menachem Singer
Pinchas Menachem Singer was a Polish-Jewish rabbi and Talmudic scholar from a Hasidic background, known primarily as the father of Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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B.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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C.
Mordechai Hod
Mordechai Hod was an Israeli Air Force general best known for leading and modernizing Israel’s air power, including during the pivotal 1967 Six-Day War.
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D.
Moshe Leib Lilienblum
Moshe Leib Lilienblum was a 19th-century Jewish writer and early Zionist thinker whose essays and activism helped lay the ideological foundations of modern Zionism.
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E.
Benzion Mileikowsky
Benzion Mileikowsky was an Israeli historian and Zionist activist best known as the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- 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: David HaLevi Segal Target entity description: David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century rabbi and Talmudic scholar best known for his influential halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch.
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A.
Pinchas Menachem Singer
Pinchas Menachem Singer was a Polish-Jewish rabbi and Talmudic scholar from a Hasidic background, known primarily as the father of Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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B.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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C.
Mordechai Hod
Mordechai Hod was an Israeli Air Force general best known for leading and modernizing Israel’s air power, including during the pivotal 1967 Six-Day War.
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D.
Moshe Leib Lilienblum
Moshe Leib Lilienblum was a 19th-century Jewish writer and early Zionist thinker whose essays and activism helped lay the ideological foundations of modern Zionism.
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E.
Benzion Mileikowsky
Benzion Mileikowsky was an Israeli historian and Zionist activist best known as the father of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century rabbi
ⓘ
Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Talmudic scholar ⓘ commentator on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
David Ha-Levi Segal
ⓘ
linked to:
David HaLevi Segal
David ben Samuel ha-Levi ⓘ TaZ ⓘ Turei Zahav ⓘ |
| birthCountry |
Poland-Lithuania
ⓘ
linked to:
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
|
| birthPlace | Ludmir ⓘ |
| birthRegion | Volhynia ⓘ |
| birthYear | c. 1586 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Lviv
ⓘ
linked to:
Lviv, Ukraine
|
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Shabbetai HaKohen
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
Shach ⓘ |
| deathCountry |
Poland-Lithuania
ⓘ
linked to:
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
|
| deathPlace |
Lviv
ⓘ
linked to:
Lviv, Ukraine
|
| deathRegion | Galicia ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1667 ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| era | Acharonim ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw |
Joel Sirkis
ⓘ
linked to:
Yoel Sirkis
|
| fatherInLawAlsoKnownAs | Bach ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mishna Berurah commentators
ⓘ
later halachic decisors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
halachic commentary on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat
ⓘ
halachic commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer ⓘ halachic commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim ⓘ halachic commentary on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainWork | Turei Zahav ⓘ |
| mainWorkOn | Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| movement |
Ashkenazi Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| oftenCitedWith | Shach ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| servedAs |
rabbi of Lviv
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rabbi of Ostroh ⓘ rabbi of Poznań ⓘ |
| spouse | daughter of Joel Sirkis ⓘ |
| tradition | Polish rabbinic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David HaLevi Segal Description of subject: David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century rabbi and Talmudic scholar best known for his influential halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch.
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linked to: David HaLevi Segal