Isaac Alfasi
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Isaac Alfasi was an 11th-century Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority whose legal codification of the Talmud profoundly shaped later Jewish law.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Isaac Alfasi | 5 |
| Alfasi | 3 |
| Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi | 3 |
| Isaac Alfasi canonical | 2 |
| Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi | 2 |
| Alfasi (Isaac Alfasi) | 1 |
| HaRif is an acronym for Rabbi Isaac al-Fasi | 1 |
| Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi | 1 |
| Rif (Isaac Alfasi) | 1 |
| Rif (Rabbi Yitzhak Alfasi) | 1 |
| Yitzhak ben Yaakov Alfasi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1205584 — 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.
Target entity: Isaac Alfasi Context triple: [Yosef Karo, influencedBy, Isaac Alfasi]
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Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
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Moses ben Nahman
Moses ben Nahman was a leading 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, Kabbalist, and biblical commentator renowned for his influential Torah commentary and role in the Disputation of Barcelona.
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Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known as Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and seminal Jewish scholar renowned for his influential commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Isaac Alfasi Target entity description: Isaac Alfasi was an 11th-century Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority whose legal codification of the Talmud profoundly shaped later Jewish law.
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A.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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B.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
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C.
Moses ben Nahman
Moses ben Nahman was a leading 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, Kabbalist, and biblical commentator renowned for his influential Torah commentary and role in the Disputation of Barcelona.
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D.
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known as Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and seminal Jewish scholar renowned for his influential commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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E.
Maimonides
Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal codifier
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Rishon ⓘ Talmudic scholar ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish philosopher ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HaRif
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surface form:
Ha-Rif
Isaac ben Jacob ha‑Levi ⓘ Rif ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Algeria
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Qalʿat Hammad ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1013 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Lucena ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 11th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
Andalusia
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surface form:
Al-Andalus
North Africa ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Andalusia
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surface form:
Al-Andalus
Lucena ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1103 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sephardi Jew ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| fullName |
Isaac Alfasi
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi
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| hasGenre |
Talmudic commentary
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halakhic code ⓘ |
| honorific | Rif ⓘ |
| influenced |
Maimonides
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Sephardic halakhic tradition ⓘ later codifiers of Jewish law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Talmud Bavli
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surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
Geonim ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalApproach | focus on practical halakha over dialectical Talmudic analysis ⓘ |
| movement | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abridging the Talmudic discussions to practical halakhic rulings
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creating a foundational halakhic code used by later authorities ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sefer Ha-Halachot
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surface form:
Sefer Ha‑Halakhot
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| occupation |
legal scholar
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rabbi ⓘ religious teacher ⓘ |
| rabbinicTitle |
Gaon
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Rav ⓘ |
| region |
Sephardi Jews
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surface form:
Andalusian Jewry
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Rabbi Hananel ben Hushiel
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Rabbi Nissim Gaon ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Rabbi Joseph ibn Migash ⓘ |
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Subject: Isaac Alfasi Description of subject: Isaac Alfasi was an 11th-century Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority whose legal codification of the Talmud profoundly shaped later Jewish law.
Referenced by (21)
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