Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag
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Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag was a prominent 20th-century Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar best known for his comprehensive commentary on the Zohar and efforts to make Jewish mysticism accessible to a wider audience.
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| Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag Context triple: [Old Cemetery of Safed, hasGraveOf, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag]
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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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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.
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C.
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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Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss was a prominent Acharon-era rabbinic authority known for his halachic rulings and Torah scholarship.
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Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook was a pioneering 20th-century rabbi and mystic who served as the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and became the leading theological architect of modern Religious Zionism.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag Target entity description: Rabbi Yehuda Leib Ashlag was a prominent 20th-century Kabbalist and rabbinic scholar best known for his comprehensive commentary on the Zohar and efforts to make Jewish mysticism accessible to a wider audience.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss
Rabbi Yitzchak Weiss was a prominent Acharon-era rabbinic authority known for his halachic rulings and Torah scholarship.
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E.
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook was a pioneering 20th-century rabbi and mystic who served as the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine and became the leading theological architect of modern Religious Zionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century rabbi
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Kabbalist ⓘ Torah scholar ⓘ commentator on the Zohar ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ba'al HaSulam
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Baal HaSulam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Congress Poland
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Russian Empire ⓘ Łódź NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1884 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Har HaMenuchot cemetery
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Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Jerusalem
NERFINISHED
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Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1954 ⓘ |
| doctrine |
centrality of intention in spiritual work
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concept of equivalence of form with the Creator ⓘ importance of love of others as a spiritual principle ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish mysticism ⓘ Kabbalistic exegesis ⓘ ethics ⓘ |
| fullName | Yehuda Leib Ashlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag
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contemporary Kabbalah movements in Israel ⓘ various modern Kabbalah study groups worldwide ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Luria
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Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag's rabbinic teachers in Poland ⓘ The Zohar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comprehensive commentary on the Zohar
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emphasis on altruism and love of others ⓘ making Kabbalah accessible to wider audiences ⓘ systematization of Lurianic Kabbalah ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Jerusalem
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Land of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Hasidism
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Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Lurianic Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
Israeli
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Polish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
HaSulam
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Introduction to the Book of Zohar NERFINISHED ⓘ Preface to the Wisdom of Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sulam commentary on the Zohar NERFINISHED ⓘ Talmud Eser Sefirot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
rabbinic judge in Warsaw
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rabbinic leader in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| teachingFocus |
integration of Kabbalah with daily life and ethics
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structured study of Kabbalah for the public ⓘ |
| yearOfAliyah | 1921 ⓘ |
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