Pesikta de-Rav Kahana
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Pesikta de-Rav Kahana is a classical rabbinic homiletic midrashic collection organized around special Sabbaths and festival Torah and Haftarah readings.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pesikta de-Rav Kahana canonical | 2 |
| Pesikta Rabbati | 1 |
| Pesikta de-Rab Kahana | 1 |
| Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2030043 — 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: Pesikta de-Rav Kahana Context triple: [Midrash, includesWork, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana]
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A.
Mishneh LaMelech
Mishneh LaMelech is a classic rabbinic commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes that provides analytical elucidation and halachic discussion on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah.
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B.
Magid Mishneh
Magid Mishneh is a classic rabbinic commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, authored by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa and widely studied in halakhic scholarship.
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C.
Kesef Mishneh
Kesef Mishneh is a classic halachic commentary by Rabbi Yosef Karo on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, clarifying its sources and resolving apparent contradictions.
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D.
Pardes Rimonim
Pardes Rimonim is a foundational 16th-century Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that systematically organizes and explains earlier mystical teachings.
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E.
Kedushat Levi
Kedushat Levi is a foundational Hasidic work of spiritual and mystical commentary on the Torah, authored by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
- 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: Pesikta de-Rav Kahana Target entity description: Pesikta de-Rav Kahana is a classical rabbinic homiletic midrashic collection organized around special Sabbaths and festival Torah and Haftarah readings.
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A.
Mishneh LaMelech
Mishneh LaMelech is a classic rabbinic commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes that provides analytical elucidation and halachic discussion on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah.
-
B.
Magid Mishneh
Magid Mishneh is a classic rabbinic commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, authored by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa and widely studied in halakhic scholarship.
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C.
Kesef Mishneh
Kesef Mishneh is a classic halachic commentary by Rabbi Yosef Karo on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, clarifying its sources and resolving apparent contradictions.
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D.
Pardes Rimonim
Pardes Rimonim is a foundational 16th-century Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that systematically organizes and explains earlier mystical teachings.
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E.
Kedushat Levi
Kedushat Levi is a foundational Hasidic work of spiritual and mystical commentary on the Torah, authored by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aggadic midrash
ⓘ
homiletic midrash ⓘ midrashic collection ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| academicField |
Jewish studies
ⓘ
midrash studies ⓘ rabbinics ⓘ |
| altName |
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana
ⓘ
surface form:
Pesikta de-Rab Kahana
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana ⓘ
surface form:
Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana
|
| approximateDate | 5th–7th century CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eretz HaKodesh
ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| canonicalStatus | non-canonical rabbinic text ⓘ |
| citedIn | scholarly literature on midrash ⓘ |
| contains | petichta-style introductions ⓘ |
| focus |
Haftarah readings
ⓘ
Torah reading ⓘ
surface form:
Torah readings
|
| genre |
biblical commentary
ⓘ
homiletic literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | homiletic discourse ⓘ |
| hasType |
festival midrash
ⓘ
lectionary midrash ⓘ |
| includes |
biblical exegesis
ⓘ
ethical teachings ⓘ parables ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish homiletic literature ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext | Jewish liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Sabbath sermons
ⓘ
festival sermons ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Jewish festivals
ⓘ
special Sabbaths ⓘ |
| period | classical rabbinic era ⓘ |
| primarySources |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
rabbinic traditions ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Leviticus Rabbah
ⓘ
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pesikta Rabbati
Tanhuma midrashim ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| structure | series of homilies ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
| subject |
Jewish holidays
ⓘ
interpretation of biblical lectionary ⓘ special Sabbaths ⓘ |
| transmittedAs | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy | rabbis ⓘ |
| usedFor |
preaching on festivals
ⓘ
preaching on special Sabbaths ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pesiqta de-Rav Kahana
this entity surface form:
Pesikta de-Rab Kahana
this entity surface form:
Pesikta Rabbati