Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
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Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen, also known as the Shach, was a prominent 17th-century rabbinic authority and commentator on the Shulchan Aruch, especially renowned for his glosses on Yoreh De'ah.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen canonical | 1 |
| Shabbetai HaKohen | 1 |
| Shabbetai ben Meir HaKohen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2997701 — 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: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen Context triple: [Acharonim, hasPart, Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen]
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A.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
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B.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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C.
Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
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D.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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E.
Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
- 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: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen Target entity description: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen, also known as the Shach, was a prominent 17th-century rabbinic authority and commentator on the Shulchan Aruch, especially renowned for his glosses on Yoreh De'ah.
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A.
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
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B.
Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
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C.
Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
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D.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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E.
Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal scholar
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Talmudic commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
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surface form:
Shabbetai HaKohen
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen ⓘ
surface form:
Shabbetai ben Meir HaKohen
Shach ⓘ |
| authorityOn |
kashrut laws
ⓘ
monetary law (Choshen Mishpat) ⓘ ritual purity and impurity ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Aruch HaShulchan
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Chazon Ish ⓘ Mishnah Berurah ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Shulchan Aruch
ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form:
Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form:
Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form:
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form:
Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| era |
Acharonic era
ⓘ
surface form:
Acharonic period
|
| ethnicGroup |
Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashkenazi Jew
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| genre |
halakhic commentary
ⓘ
rabbinic responsa ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat
ⓘ
surface form:
Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Choshen Mishpat
Shach (Siftei Kohen) ⓘ
surface form:
Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Even HaEzer
Shach (Siftei Kohen) ⓘ
surface form:
Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Orach Chaim
Shach (Siftei Kohen) ⓘ
surface form:
Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Yoreh De'ah
|
| honorificPrefix | Rabbi ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century and 20th-century poskim
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Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
surface form:
Mishnah Berurah commentators
later Ashkenazi halakhic authorities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical notes on Rabbi Moshe Isserles (Rema)
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detailed halakhic analysis ⓘ glosses on Yoreh De'ah ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Acharonim ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sefer Gevurat Anashim
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Sefer Nekudot HaKesef ⓘ Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat ⓘ Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer (short glosses) ⓘ Shach (Siftei Kohen) ⓘ
surface form:
Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim (short glosses)
Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah ⓘ |
| partOf | classical halakhic canon ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Eastern Europe
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Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen Description of subject: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen, also known as the Shach, was a prominent 17th-century rabbinic authority and commentator on the Shulchan Aruch, especially renowned for his glosses on Yoreh De'ah.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shabbetai ben Meir HaKohen
this entity surface form:
Shabbetai HaKohen