Ben Ish Chai

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Baghdadi rabbi Jewish religious leader Sephardic posek halachic authority rabbi

Ben Ish Chai is the title of a renowned 19th-century Baghdadi rabbi and halachic authority, Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, whose legal rulings and teachings are highly influential among Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jewish communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Ben Ish Chai canonical	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2149592 — 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: Ben Ish Chai
Context triple: [Syrian Jews, traditionalReligiousLawAuthority, Ben Ish Chai]

A. Magen Avraham
Magen Avraham is a classic and influential halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, authored by Rabbi Avraham Gombiner in the 17th century.
B. Keren Hayesod
Keren Hayesod is a central fundraising organization for Israel and the Jewish people worldwide, supporting immigration, settlement, and social development projects in partnership with major Zionist institutions.
C. Betar youth movement
Betar youth movement is a Revisionist Zionist youth organization founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky that promotes Jewish nationalism, self-defense, and leadership among young Jews.
D. Histadrut
Histadrut is Israel’s historic national trade union federation, which played a central role in the country’s labor movement, economy, and early state-building institutions.
E. Schechter Institutes
Schechter Institutes is an academic and educational institution in Israel that promotes Conservative (Masorti) Judaism through rabbinical training, Jewish studies, and community education.
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: Ben Ish Chai
Target entity description: Ben Ish Chai is the title of a renowned 19th-century Baghdadi rabbi and halachic authority, Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, whose legal rulings and teachings are highly influential among Sephardic and Middle Eastern Jewish communities.

A. Magen Avraham
Magen Avraham is a classic and influential halachic commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, authored by Rabbi Avraham Gombiner in the 17th century.
B. Keren Hayesod
Keren Hayesod is a central fundraising organization for Israel and the Jewish people worldwide, supporting immigration, settlement, and social development projects in partnership with major Zionist institutions.
C. Betar youth movement
Betar youth movement is a Revisionist Zionist youth organization founded by Ze'ev Jabotinsky that promotes Jewish nationalism, self-defense, and leadership among young Jews.
D. Histadrut
Histadrut is Israel’s historic national trade union federation, which played a central role in the country’s labor movement, economy, and early state-building institutions.
E. Schechter Institutes
Schechter Institutes is an academic and educational institution in Israel that promotes Conservative (Masorti) Judaism through rabbinical training, Jewish studies, and community education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baghdadi rabbi ⓘ Jewish religious leader ⓘ Sephardic posek ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
birthName	Yosef Chaim ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Iraqi Jew ⓘ Sephardi Jew ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Halakha ⓘ Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ
follows	Kabbalistic traditions of the Arizal ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	Torah commentary ⓘ halachic responsa ⓘ homiletics ⓘ kabbalistic writings ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	customs of Iraqi Jewish communities in Israel ⓘ daily halachic practice of many Sephardic Jews ⓘ
hasPart	laws arranged according to weekly Torah portions (in the work Ben Ish Chai) ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Hacham ⓘ Rabbi ⓘ
influenced	Iraqi Jews ⓘ surface form: Baghdadi Jewish customs Mizrahi Jews ⓘ surface form: Mizrahi Jewish communities Sephardic Jewish practice ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
movement	Mizrahi Jews ⓘ surface form: Mizrahi Judaism Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardic Judaism
name	Ben Ish Chai self-link ⓘ Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
notableWork	Ben Ish Chai self-link ⓘ Od Yosef Chai ⓘ Rav Pe'alim ⓘ Torah Lishmah ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ kabbalist ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Baghdad ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Baghdad ⓘ
positionHeld	leading halachic authority in Baghdad ⓘ rabbi of Baghdad ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Syrian Jews → traditionalReligiousLawAuthority → Ben Ish Chai ⓘ

Ben Ish Chai → name → Ben Ish Chai self-link ⓘ

Ben Ish Chai → notableWork → Ben Ish Chai self-link ⓘ

Shulchan Aruch commentaries → majorCommentary → Ben Ish Chai ⓘ

Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) → mainWork → Ben Ish Chai ⓘ

subject surface form: Ben Ish Chai

Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) → authorOf → Ben Ish Chai ⓘ