Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
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Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner canonical | 1 |
| Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner | 1 |
| Shmuel HaLevi Wosner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2997719 — 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 Shmuel HaLevi Wosner Context triple: [Acharonim, hasPart, Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner]
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A.
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg was a prominent 20th-century Israeli rabbi and posek renowned for his influential halachic rulings on medical ethics and Jewish law, especially collected in his work "Tzitz Eliezer."
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B.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was a leading 20th-century Orthodox halachic authority in Jerusalem, renowned for his rulings on contemporary issues such as technology and medicine in Jewish law.
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C.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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D.
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
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E.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
- 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 Shmuel HaLevi Wosner Target entity description: Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
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A.
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg was a prominent 20th-century Israeli rabbi and posek renowned for his influential halachic rulings on medical ethics and Jewish law, especially collected in his work "Tzitz Eliezer."
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B.
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach was a leading 20th-century Orthodox halachic authority in Jerusalem, renowned for his rulings on contemporary issues such as technology and medicine in Jewish law.
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C.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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D.
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
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E.
Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Rabbi Akiva Eiger was a preeminent 18th–19th century Ashkenazi rabbi and Talmudic scholar, renowned for his incisive halachic responsa and commentaries that became central to later rabbinic study.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Haredi Jew
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Talmudic scholar ⓘ author ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ba'al Shevet HaLevi
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Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner ⓘ
surface form:
Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
|
| areaOfExpertise |
Jewish law
ⓘ
practical halacha ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Austria ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1913-09-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Vienna ⓘ |
| burialCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bnei Brak ⓘ |
| centuryActive |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| community |
Bnei Brak
ⓘ
surface form:
Bnei Brak Haredi community
|
| countryOfResidence | Israel ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2015-04-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Bnei Brak ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Ashkenazi Jew
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ |
| fullName |
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
|
| genre | halachic responsa literature ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix |
Rabbi
ⓘ
surface form:
HaRav
Rabbi ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | zt"l ⓘ |
| influenced |
Haredi halachic practice in the 20th century
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Haredi halachic practice in the 21st century ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainWork | Shevet HaLevi ⓘ |
| movedTo | Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| movementWithinJudaism | Lithuanian-style Haredi world ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Shevet HaLevi multi-volume responsa
ⓘ
halachic responsa ⓘ |
| notableWorkType | multi-volume responsa set ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
posek in Bnei Brak
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rosh yeshiva ⓘ |
| rabbinicStatus | leading posek of his generation ⓘ |
| rabbinicTitle |
Gaon
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Rav ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousMovement |
Haredi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Haredi Judaism
|
| wroteOnTopic |
Shabbat observance
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contemporary halachic issues ⓘ family purity laws ⓘ kashrut ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner Description of subject: Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
this entity surface form:
Rav Shmuel HaLevi Wosner