Hoshana Rabbah
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Hoshana Rabbah is the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, marked by special prayers, processions with willow branches, and themes of final judgment and divine sealing.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoshana Rabbah canonical | 8 |
| Hoshana Raba | 1 |
| Hoshana Rabba | 1 |
| Yom HaDin | 1 |
| seventh day of Sukkot (Hoshana Rabbah) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T320206 — 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: Hoshana Rabbah Context triple: [Sukkot, includes, Hoshana Rabbah]
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A.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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B.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Tisha BAv
Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.
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E.
Shavuot
Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.
- 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: Hoshana Rabbah Target entity description: Hoshana Rabbah is the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, marked by special prayers, processions with willow branches, and themes of final judgment and divine sealing.
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A.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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B.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Tisha BAv
Tisha B'Av is a major Jewish fast day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history.
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E.
Shavuot
Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish holiday
ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hoshana Rabbah
ⓘ
surface form:
Hoshana Raba
Hoshana Rabbah ⓘ
surface form:
Hoshana Rabba
|
| associatedObject |
aravot (willow branches)
ⓘ
etrog ⓘ lulav ⓘ sukkah ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
beating willow branches
ⓘ
circling the bimah ⓘ extended morning prayers ⓘ hoshanot processions ⓘ recitation of Psalms ⓘ special piyyutim ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ashkenazi liturgical traditions
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Sephardi liturgical traditions ⓘ |
| calendar | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| custom |
reading Deuteronomy or parts of Deuteronomy in some communities
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reciting the entire book of Psalms in some communities ⓘ remaining in the sukkah ⓘ special festive meals ⓘ staying up for night study in some communities ⓘ wearing holiday clothing ⓘ |
| dateRule |
21st of Tishrei (outside Israel)
ⓘ
7th day of Sukkot ⓘ |
| follows | sixth day of Sukkot ⓘ |
| geographicalPractice | observed by Jews worldwide ⓘ |
| halachicStatus |
chol hamoed day
ⓘ
not a full Yom Tov ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Great Hoshana ⓘ |
| liturgicalTheme |
divine sealing of decrees
ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ prayer for rain ⓘ salvation ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | hoshanot prayers ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | Tishrei ⓘ |
| partOf | Sukkot ⓘ |
| positionInFestival | seventh day of Sukkot ⓘ |
| prayerText |
Hallel
ⓘ
additional piyyutim in some rites ⓘ hoshanot ⓘ |
| precedes |
Shemini Atzeret
ⓘ
Simchat Torah ⓘ
surface form:
Simchat Torah (in many communities)
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| symbolism |
judgment concerning water and rain
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sealing of the Book of Life ⓘ |
| theologicalAssociation |
culmination of High Holy Day season
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finalization of Yom Kippur judgment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Hoshana Rabbah Description of subject: Hoshana Rabbah is the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, marked by special prayers, processions with willow branches, and themes of final judgment and divine sealing.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hoshana Rabba
this entity surface form:
Hoshana Raba
subject surface form:
Shemini Atzeret
this entity surface form:
seventh day of Sukkot (Hoshana Rabbah)
this entity surface form:
Yom HaDin