Shaar HaMitzvot
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Shaar HaMitzvot is a classic Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Hayyim Vital, that offers mystical interpretations and explanations of the commandments in the Torah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaar HaMitzvot canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4877899 — 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: Shaar HaMitzvot Context triple: [Hayyim Vital, notableWork, Shaar HaMitzvot]
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A.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Shaare Torah
Shaare Torah is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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C.
Sha'ar Ha'ashpot
Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, better known in English as the Dung Gate, is one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.
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D.
Brit HaBirionim
Brit HaBirionim was a small, radical right-wing Zionist underground group in Mandatory Palestine in the early 1930s that advocated militant nationalism and resistance to British rule.
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E.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
- 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: Shaar HaMitzvot Target entity description: Shaar HaMitzvot is a classic Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Hayyim Vital, that offers mystical interpretations and explanations of the commandments in the Torah.
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A.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Shaare Torah
Shaare Torah is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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C.
Sha'ar Ha'ashpot
Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, better known in English as the Dung Gate, is one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.
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D.
Brit HaBirionim
Brit HaBirionim was a small, radical right-wing Zionist underground group in Mandatory Palestine in the early 1930s that advocated militant nationalism and resistance to British rule.
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E.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish religious text
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Kabbalistic work ⓘ commentary on the commandments ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reveal esoteric dimension of halakha ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hayyim Vital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Halakhic-mystical works
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Rabbinic literature ⓘ works of Hayyim Vital ⓘ |
| explains |
inner meaning of mitzvot
ⓘ
spiritual roots of commandments ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
kavanot (mystical intentions) of commandments
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relationship between mitzvot and spiritual worlds ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Gate of the Commandments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Sha'ar HaMitzvot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Hayyim Vital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryOn |
negative commandments
ⓘ
positive commandments ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Jewish mysticism
ⓘ
Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later Kabbalistic literature ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryRegionOfInfluence |
Middle Eastern Jewish communities
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Sephardic communities ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSubtradition | Lurianic Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousTradition | Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Torah commandments
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mitzvot ⓘ mystical interpretation of commandments ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | Safed Kabbalists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBasedOnTeachingsOf | Isaac Luria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOn | Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOrganizedBy | Torah portions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | corpus of writings of Hayyim Vital ⓘ |
| isReferencedIn | later Hasidic writings ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
Kabbalah study circles
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yeshivot ⓘ |
| isTransmittedThrough |
manuscripts
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printed editions ⓘ |
| isUsedBy | students of Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Etz Chaim
NERFINISHED
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Pri Etz Chaim NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaar HaGilgulim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
gilgul (reincarnation)
NERFINISHED
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partzufim ⓘ sefirot NERFINISHED ⓘ tikkun (spiritual rectification) ⓘ |
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Subject: Shaar HaMitzvot Description of subject: Shaar HaMitzvot is a classic Kabbalistic work, attributed to Rabbi Hayyim Vital, that offers mystical interpretations and explanations of the commandments in the Torah.
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