Mordechai Eliyahu
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Mordechai Eliyahu was a prominent Israeli rabbi and halachic authority who served as a leading spiritual figure in the Sephardi Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mordechai Eliyahu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10713982 — 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: Mordechai Eliyahu Context triple: [Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, officeHoldersInclude, Mordechai Eliyahu]
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A.
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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B.
Mordechai Gur
Mordechai Gur was an Israeli general and later Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, best known for leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
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C.
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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D.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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E.
Moshe Rosen
Moshe Rosen was an Israeli scientist and academic known for supervising and mentoring future Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman during his doctoral studies.
- 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: Mordechai Eliyahu Target entity description: Mordechai Eliyahu was a prominent Israeli rabbi and halachic authority who served as a leading spiritual figure in the Sephardi Jewish community.
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A.
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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B.
Mordechai Gur
Mordechai Gur was an Israeli general and later Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, best known for leading the paratroopers who entered the Old City of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
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C.
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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D.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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E.
Moshe Rosen
Moshe Rosen was an Israeli scientist and academic known for supervising and mentoring future Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman during his doctoral studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Rabbi of Israel
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Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ human ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-03-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Jerusalem
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Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Har HaMenuchot ⓘ |
| child | Shmuel Eliyahu ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2010-06-07 ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| endTime | 1993 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName |
Eliyahu
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linked to:
אֵלִיָּהוּ
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic leadership ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Mordechai ⓘ |
| influenced |
Sephardi rabbinic leadership in Israel
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religious Zionist community in Israel ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
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Yitzhak Nissim ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
|
| movement | Religious Zionism ⓘ |
| name | Mordechai Eliyahu ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a leading Sephardi halachic authority
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influential public halachic rulings in Israel ⓘ serving as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
emphasis on unity of Sephardi and Ashkenazi communities
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strict adherence to halakha with communal sensitivity ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Halachic responsa
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linked to:
Geonic responsa
commentaries on Jewish law ⓘ prayer and ethics writings ⓘ |
| occupation |
dayan
ⓘ
posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Rishon LeZion
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Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| spouse | Tzivia Eliyahu ⓘ |
| startTime | 1983 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mordechai Eliyahu Description of subject: Mordechai Eliyahu was a prominent Israeli rabbi and halachic authority who served as a leading spiritual figure in the Sephardi Jewish community.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.