Siftei Kohen

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Jewish legal work halachic commentary rabbinic literature

Siftei Kohen is a seminal 17th-century halachic commentary by Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen on the Shulchan Aruch, particularly influential in the fields of Jewish civil and ritual law.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Siftei Kohen canonical	9
Siftei Kohen al Choshen Mishpat	1
Siftei Kohen al Even HaEzer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11350392 — 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: Siftei Kohen
Context triple: [Shulchan Aruch commentaries, majorCommentary, Siftei Kohen]

A. Torat Kohanim
Torat Kohanim is a classical halakhic midrash on the Book of Leviticus, traditionally attributed to the tannaitic period and focused on priestly laws and rituals.
B. Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
C. Mishbetzot Zahav
Mishbetzot Zahav is the gloss on the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim section within the Pri Megadim, offering detailed analytical commentary and clarifications on Jewish legal rulings.
D. Ein Kerem
Ein Kerem is a picturesque historic village in southwest Jerusalem, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of John the Baptist and now known for its churches, art galleries, and cafes.
E. 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.
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: Siftei Kohen
Target entity description: Siftei Kohen is a seminal 17th-century halachic commentary by Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen on the Shulchan Aruch, particularly influential in the fields of Jewish civil and ritual law.

A. Torat Kohanim
Torat Kohanim is a classical halakhic midrash on the Book of Leviticus, traditionally attributed to the tannaitic period and focused on priestly laws and rituals.
B. Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
C. Mishbetzot Zahav
Mishbetzot Zahav is the gloss on the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim section within the Pri Megadim, offering detailed analytical commentary and clarifications on Jewish legal rulings.
D. Ein Kerem
Ein Kerem is a picturesque historic village in southwest Jerusalem, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of John the Baptist and now known for its churches, art galleries, and cafes.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal work ⓘ halachic commentary ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shach ⓘ Shach ⓘ
audience	advanced halachic scholars ⓘ rabbinic courts ⓘ
author	Shabbetai HaKohen ⓘ linked to: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
category	Sepharim on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch commentaries
citedAlongside	Turei Zahav ⓘ
commentaryOn	Choshen Mishpat ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ Yoreh Deah ⓘ
denominationContext	Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
era	Acharonim ⓘ
field	Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic jurisprudence ⓘ
focus	analysis of Talmudic sources ⓘ interpretation of Shulchan Aruch rulings ⓘ practical halachic decisions ⓘ
genre	legal commentary ⓘ
hasPart	glosses on Shulchan Aruch text ⓘ
influence	Ashkenazi halachic practice ⓘ later halachic decisors ⓘ
influenced	Aruch HaShulchan ⓘ Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
legalStatus	authoritative halachic source ⓘ
methodology	comparative analysis of earlier authorities ⓘ
notableFor	clarity in monetary law ⓘ rigorous textual analysis ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Poland-Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
printedIn	standard editions of Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
printedWith	Beit Yosef references ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
scholarlyReception	widely studied and cited ⓘ
statusInPoskim	major Acharonim commentary ⓘ
subject	Halakha ⓘ Jewish civil law ⓘ Jewish ritual law ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ
tradition	Ashkenazi halachic literature ⓘ
usedBy	dayanim ⓘ rabbis ⓘ yeshiva students ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shulchan Aruch commentaries → majorCommentary → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch → printedAlongside → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Shach → acronymFor → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Shach → name → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Siftei Da’at on Shach → commentaryOn → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Shach (Siftei Kohen) → title → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Turei Zahav → studiedAlongside → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah → alsoKnownAs → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat → alsoKnownAs → Siftei Kohen al Choshen Mishpat ⓘ

linked to: Siftei Kohen

Sefer Nekudot HaKesef → relatedWork → Siftei Kohen ⓘ

Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer (short glosses) → alsoKnownAs → Siftei Kohen al Even HaEzer ⓘ