Yaakov Moelin
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Yaakov Moelin, known as the Maharil, was a leading 14th–15th century Ashkenazi rabbi and halakhic authority whose rulings and customs greatly shaped later Jewish law and practice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaakov Moelin canonical | 1 |
| Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11745545 — 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: Yaakov Moelin Context triple: [Maharil, alsoKnownAs, Yaakov Moelin]
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A.
Meyer Suchowljansky
Meyer Suchowljansky, better known as Meyer Lansky, was a major organized crime figure in the United States who helped develop the National Crime Syndicate and became known as the "Mob's Accountant."
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B.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
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C.
Moïse Kisling
Moïse Kisling was a Polish-born French painter associated with the School of Paris, known for his expressive portraits and vibrant, stylized nudes.
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D.
Jan Schlichtmann
Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."
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E.
Mendel Rosenblum
Mendel Rosenblum is a computer scientist and Stanford professor best known as a co-founder and chief architect of VMware and a pioneer in virtualization technology.
- 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: Yaakov Moelin Target entity description: Yaakov Moelin, known as the Maharil, was a leading 14th–15th century Ashkenazi rabbi and halakhic authority whose rulings and customs greatly shaped later Jewish law and practice.
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A.
Meyer Suchowljansky
Meyer Suchowljansky, better known as Meyer Lansky, was a major organized crime figure in the United States who helped develop the National Crime Syndicate and became known as the "Mob's Accountant."
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B.
Benno Levin
Benno Levin is a mysterious, mentally unstable stalker and would-be assassin who obsessively pursues billionaire asset manager Eric Packer in Don DeLillo’s novel "Cosmopolis."
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C.
Moïse Kisling
Moïse Kisling was a Polish-born French painter associated with the School of Paris, known for his expressive portraits and vibrant, stylized nudes.
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D.
Jan Schlichtmann
Jan Schlichtmann is a real-life American lawyer best known for his high-profile environmental pollution lawsuit against major corporations, which was dramatized in the book and film "A Civil Action."
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E.
Mendel Rosenblum
Mendel Rosenblum is a computer scientist and Stanford professor best known as a co-founder and chief architect of VMware and a pioneer in virtualization technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ashkenazi Jew
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Jewish legal scholar ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ human ⓘ medieval rabbi ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mahari Segal
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Maharil ⓘ Rabbi Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Yaakov Moelin
|
| areaOfInfluence |
Ashkenazi communities
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
Central Europe ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Worms ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 14th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 15th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1365 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1427 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Moelin ⓘ |
| father | Moshe Levi Moelin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish customs ⓘ Jewish liturgy ⓘ |
| genre |
minhagim collection
ⓘ
responsa ⓘ |
| givenName |
Yaakov
ⓘ
linked to:
יעקב
|
| hasHonorific |
Maharil
ⓘ
Rabbi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakhic practice
ⓘ
Joseph Karo ⓘ Moshe Isserles ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
|
| influencedBy | German Jewish pietist tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Hebrew
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Jewish ritual law
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festival customs ⓘ synagogue customs ⓘ |
| movement | Ashkenazi tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
codifying Ashkenazi minhagim
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influencing later halakhic authorities ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Minhagei Maharil
ⓘ
linked to:
Maharil
|
| placeOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Worms ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of yeshiva in Mainz
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rabbi of Mainz ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| tradition | Ashkenazi halakhic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yaakov Moelin Description of subject: Yaakov Moelin, known as the Maharil, was a leading 14th–15th century Ashkenazi rabbi and halakhic authority whose rulings and customs greatly shaped later Jewish law and practice.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.