Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
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The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2276264 — 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)
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Target entity: Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Context triple: [Israeli Chief Rabbinate, headedBy, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel]
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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
The Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Ashkenazi Jewish community.
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B.
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate is the supreme rabbinic authority and official state institution overseeing Jewish religious law and services in Israel, including matters of personal status such as marriage, conversion, and recognition of Jewish identity.
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C.
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, was a preeminent late-19th and early-20th-century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose ethical and legal works profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and practice.
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D.
Exilarch David ben Zakkai
Exilarch David ben Zakkai was a 10th-century leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia who headed the exilarchate and played a central role in the religious and political life of the diaspora.
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E.
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
- 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: Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Target entity description: The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community.
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A.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
The Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Ashkenazi Jewish community.
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B.
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
The Israeli Chief Rabbinate is the supreme rabbinic authority and official state institution overseeing Jewish religious law and services in Israel, including matters of personal status such as marriage, conversion, and recognition of Jewish identity.
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C.
Yisrael Meir Kagan
Yisrael Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, was a preeminent late-19th and early-20th-century Orthodox rabbi and halachic authority whose ethical and legal works profoundly shaped modern Jewish law and practice.
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D.
Exilarch David ben Zakkai
Exilarch David ben Zakkai was a 10th-century leader of the Jewish community in Babylonia who headed the exilarchate and played a central role in the religious and political life of the diaspora.
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E.
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority, best known for integrating Ashkenazic customs into Jewish law and shaping the standard code of practice for Ashkenazi Jewry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chief rabbinate office
ⓘ
religious leadership position ⓘ |
| appointedBy | special electoral body ⓘ |
| associatedCommunity |
Mizrahi Jews in Israel
ⓘ
Sephardi Jews in Israel ⓘ |
| coEqualOfficeWith | Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ |
| country |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| denomination |
Mizrahi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Mizrahi Judaism
Sephardi Judaism ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Jewish religious law administration ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel ⓘ |
| hasOfficialResidence | Jerusalem residence of the Rishon LeZion ⓘ |
| HebrewTitle | Rishon LeZion ⓘ |
| inauguralHolderStartYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| languageOfTitle | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Chief Rabbinate Law
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Jerusalem District ⓘ |
| numberOfOfficeHolders | one at a time ⓘ |
| officeHoldersInclude |
Mordechai Eliyahu
ⓘ
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ⓘ
surface form:
Ovadia Yosef
Shlomo Amar ⓘ Yitzhak Yosef ⓘ |
| officeType | national religious office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
ⓘ
surface form:
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
|
| preStatePrecursor | Rishon LeZion ⓘ |
| rank | one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in Israel ⓘ |
| religiousJurisdiction | Orthodox Judaism in Israel ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| responsibility |
guidance on halachic questions for Sephardi communities
ⓘ
oversight of Sephardi rabbinical courts ⓘ participation in national religious councils ⓘ representation of Sephardi Jewry in official state ceremonies ⓘ supervision of religious services for Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| role |
halachic authority for Sephardic Jews in Israel
ⓘ
spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority |
kashrut supervision policy for Sephardi institutions
ⓘ
marriage and divorce for Sephardi Jews under religious law ⓘ personal status issues for Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| seat | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | election by rabbis and public representatives ⓘ |
| style |
Chief Rabbi
ⓘ
Rishon LeZion ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Israeli Ministry of Religious Services ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | symbol of Sephardi rabbinic tradition in Israel ⓘ |
| termLength | 10 years ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Israeli Chief Rabbinate
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Description of subject: The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ovadia Yosef