Horayot
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Horayot is a Talmudic tractate that deals with the laws and procedures surrounding erroneous rulings by religious courts and leaders, and the resulting communal and individual obligations.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Horayot Context triple: [Seder Nezikin, includesTractate, Horayot]
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A.
Hoshanot
Hoshanot are a series of liturgical supplications recited while circling the synagogue with lulav and etrog during Sukkot, beseeching divine salvation and blessing.
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B.
Ha-Shahar
Ha-Shahar was a 19th-century Hebrew-language periodical associated with the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) movement.
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C.
Hasagot HaRamban
Hasagot HaRamban is Nachmanides’ critical glosses on Maimonides’ Sefer HaMitzvot, in which he analyzes and often disputes Rambam’s enumeration of the Torah’s commandments.
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D.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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E.
Shaar HaBechinah
Shaar HaBechinah is a section of the medieval Jewish ethical work Chovot HaLevavot that focuses on contemplating the natural world to recognize and appreciate God's wisdom and providence.
- 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: Horayot Target entity description: Horayot is a Talmudic tractate that deals with the laws and procedures surrounding erroneous rulings by religious courts and leaders, and the resulting communal and individual obligations.
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A.
Hoshanot
Hoshanot are a series of liturgical supplications recited while circling the synagogue with lulav and etrog during Sukkot, beseeching divine salvation and blessing.
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B.
Ha-Shahar
Ha-Shahar was a 19th-century Hebrew-language periodical associated with the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) movement.
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C.
Hasagot HaRamban
Hasagot HaRamban is Nachmanides’ critical glosses on Maimonides’ Sefer HaMitzvot, in which he analyzes and often disputes Rambam’s enumeration of the Torah’s commandments.
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D.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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E.
Shaar HaBechinah
Shaar HaBechinah is a section of the medieval Jewish ethical work Chovot HaLevavot that focuses on contemplating the natural world to recognize and appreciate God's wisdom and providence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Talmudic tractate
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tractate of the Babylonian Talmud ⓘ |
| discusses |
authority of the Sanhedrin
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cases where individuals rely on court rulings ⓘ communal offerings ⓘ difference between individual and communal liability ⓘ korban chatat ⓘ priority in returning lost objects ⓘ priority in saving lives ⓘ role of expert scholars versus laypeople ⓘ sacrifices brought for mistaken rulings ⓘ status of a mistaken majority ruling ⓘ unintentional sins ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
communal sin-offerings
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erroneous halakhic rulings ⓘ hierarchy of precedence among scholars and priests ⓘ liability of the High Priest ⓘ liability of the Sanhedrin ⓘ liability of the king of Israel ⓘ mistaken decisions of religious courts ⓘ obligations following erroneous rulings ⓘ priority rules in allocating honors ⓘ |
| genre | halakhic literature ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Horaiot
ⓘ
Horayos ⓘ
linked to:
Horayot
Horiyoth ⓘ
linked to:
Horayot
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| hasBabylonianTalmudPages | 14 ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfChapters | 3 ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
collective responsibility of Israel
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ethical hierarchy in Jewish law ⓘ limits of rabbinic authority ⓘ responsibility for legal error ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Babylonian Talmud
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linked to:
Talmud Bavli
Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Yerushalmi
Mishnah ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ |
| partOf | Seder Nezikin ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
medieval halakhic analysis
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modern Talmudic scholarship ⓘ rabbinic commentaries ⓘ |
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linked to: Horayot
linked to: Horayot