Avinu Malkeinu
E73028
Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Avinu Malkeinu canonical | 8 |
| "Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King") | 1 |
| Avinu Malkeinu (in many communities) | 1 |
| Avinu Malkeinu in many communities | 1 |
| Avinu Malkeinu in some communities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T582133 — 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: Avinu Malkeinu Context triple: [Ten Days of Repentance, liturgicalFocus, Avinu Malkeinu]
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A.
Aleinu
Aleinu is a central Jewish prayer that expresses praise of God and the hope for universal recognition of divine sovereignty, traditionally recited at the conclusion of daily services.
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B.
Amidah
Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
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C.
Hallel
Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.
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D.
Tikkun Olam
Tikkun Olam is a Jewish theological and ethical concept emphasizing human responsibility to repair, improve, and perfect the world through justice, compassion, and righteous action.
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E.
Shalom Aleichem
Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
- 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: Avinu Malkeinu Target entity description: Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
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A.
Aleinu
Aleinu is a central Jewish prayer that expresses praise of God and the hope for universal recognition of divine sovereignty, traditionally recited at the conclusion of daily services.
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B.
Amidah
Amidah is the central Jewish standing prayer, recited silently and aloud in daily services as a core element of traditional worship.
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C.
Hallel
Hallel is a Jewish liturgical collection of Psalms (113–118) recited on festivals and especially during the Passover Seder to offer praise and thanksgiving to God.
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D.
Tikkun Olam
Tikkun Olam is a Jewish theological and ethical concept emphasizing human responsibility to repair, improve, and perfect the world through justice, compassion, and righteous action.
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E.
Shalom Aleichem
Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
High Holy Day prayer
ⓘ
Jewish prayer ⓘ |
| addressTo | God ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ten Days of Repentance
ⓘ
surface form:
Days of Awe
Selichot ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Rabbi Akiva
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbi Akiva (traditional attribution)
|
| audience | Jewish worshippers ⓘ |
| category |
High Holy Day liturgy
ⓘ
Jewish liturgical poetry ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
hopeful
ⓘ
penitential ⓘ urgent ⓘ |
| function |
communal prayer
ⓘ
personal supplication within communal framework ⓘ |
| invokesAttribute |
Divine compassion
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Divine forgiveness ⓘ Divine mercy ⓘ Divine sovereignty ⓘ |
| keyPhrase |
"Avinu Malkeinu, choneinu va’aneinu"
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"Our Father, Our King, be gracious to us and answer us" ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalPosition |
often recited after Amidah
ⓘ
often recited near end of service ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | piyyut ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Rosh Hashanah
ⓘ
Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ Yom Kippur ⓘ |
| musicalSetting |
cantorial melodies
ⓘ
congregational melodies ⓘ |
| originPeriod | Talmudic era (attributed) ⓘ |
| recitationMode |
often recited responsively
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often sung by congregation ⓘ |
| refrain |
Avinu Malkeinu
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
"Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King")
|
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| season | High Holy Day season ⓘ |
| structure |
repeated invocation of God
ⓘ
series of petitions ⓘ |
| textualForm | multiple variant versions ⓘ |
| theme |
Divine fatherhood
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Divine kingship ⓘ compassion ⓘ forgiveness ⓘ mercy ⓘ repentance ⓘ supplication ⓘ |
| tradition |
Ashkenazi Jews
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surface form:
Ashkenazi
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Sephardi (some communities)
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| variantCount | dozens of individual petitions in some rites ⓘ |
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Subject: Avinu Malkeinu Description of subject: Avinu Malkeinu is a central Jewish High Holy Day prayer, especially associated with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in which worshippers repeatedly address God as “Our Father, Our King” to seek mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Avinu Malkeinu in some communities
this entity surface form:
"Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King")
this entity surface form:
Avinu Malkeinu in many communities