Maharsha
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Maharsha was a prominent 16th–17th century Talmudic scholar best known for his incisive analytical commentaries on the Talmud and Rashi/Tosafot, which are standard in traditional study.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maharsha canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11147034 — 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: Maharsha Context triple: [Keritot, traditionalCommentariesBy, Maharsha]
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A.
Maharshi
Maharshi is a 2019 Telugu-language action drama film starring Mahesh Babu as a successful businessman who reconnects with his roots and champions farmers' rights.
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B.
Mayurasharma
Mayurasharma was an early 4th-century ruler in South India who established the Kadamba dynasty, one of the first native royal houses of Karnataka.
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C.
Satyakāma Jābāla
Satyakāma Jābāla is a revered Vedic sage known for his exemplary truthfulness and devotion to spiritual knowledge, prominently featured in the Upanishadic tradition.
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D.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
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E.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
- 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: Maharsha Target entity description: Maharsha was a prominent 16th–17th century Talmudic scholar best known for his incisive analytical commentaries on the Talmud and Rashi/Tosafot, which are standard in traditional study.
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A.
Maharshi
Maharshi is a 2019 Telugu-language action drama film starring Mahesh Babu as a successful businessman who reconnects with his roots and champions farmers' rights.
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B.
Mayurasharma
Mayurasharma was an early 4th-century ruler in South India who established the Kadamba dynasty, one of the first native royal houses of Karnataka.
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C.
Satyakāma Jābāla
Satyakāma Jābāla is a revered Vedic sage known for his exemplary truthfulness and devotion to spiritual knowledge, prominently featured in the Upanishadic tradition.
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D.
Rishi Marichi
Rishi Marichi is a revered Vedic sage in Hindu tradition, regarded as one of the mind-born sons of Brahma and an ancestor of several prominent rishis.
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E.
Adishvara
Adishvara is an epithet of Rishabhanatha, revered in Jainism as the first Tirthankara and primordial spiritual teacher of the current time cycle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious writer
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Talmudic scholar ⓘ Torah commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| acronymOf |
Morenu HaRav Shmuel Eidels
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linked to:
Rabbi Shmuel Eidels
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Maharcha
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Rabbi Shmuel Eidels ⓘ Rabbi Shmuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-Levi Eidels ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Shmuel Eidels
|
| birthDate | 1555 ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Ostroh ⓘ |
| century |
16th century
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17th century ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Bavli
Rashi ⓘ Tosafot ⓘ
linked to:
Baalei Tosafot
|
| deathDate | 1631 ⓘ |
| education | traditional yeshiva education ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Ashkenazi Jew
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| fieldOfWork |
Aggadah
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Halakha ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| genre |
Talmudic commentary
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aggadic novellae ⓘ halakhic novellae ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Rabbi ⓘ |
| influenced | later Talmudic commentators ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Rashi
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Tosafists ⓘ
linked to:
Tosafist movement
|
| knownFor |
analytical commentaries on the Talmud
ⓘ
commentaries on Rashi and Tosafot ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainWork |
Chiddushei Aggadot
ⓘ
Chiddushei Halachot ⓘ |
| movement | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| name | Maharsha ⓘ |
| namedAfter | his mother-in-law Eidel ⓘ |
| occupation |
dayan
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rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| region |
Poland
ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Eidel bat Moshe ⓘ |
| standardTextIn |
traditional Talmud study
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yeshiva study ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
Lublin
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Lwów ⓘ Ostroh ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Maharsha Description of subject: Maharsha was a prominent 16th–17th century Talmudic scholar best known for his incisive analytical commentaries on the Talmud and Rashi/Tosafot, which are standard in traditional study.
Referenced by (9)
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