Chafetz Chaim

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Jewish ethicist Jewish sage Lithuanian Jew Orthodox Jewish rabbi author halachic authority maggid moralist posek rabbi yeshiva founder

Chafetz Chaim was the honorific title of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, a preeminent 19th–20th century Orthodox Jewish sage renowned for his works on Jewish law and ethics, especially concerning proper speech and daily halachic practice.

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Label Occurrences
Chafetz Chaim canonical 2
Chofetz Chaim 1
HaChafetz Chaim 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethicist ⓘ
Jewish sage ⓘ
Lithuanian Jew ⓘ
Orthodox Jewish rabbi ⓘ
author ⓘ
halachic authority ⓘ
maggid ⓘ
moralist ⓘ
posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
yeshiva founder ⓘ
authorOf Ahavat Chesed NERFINISHED ⓘ
Biur Halacha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chafetz Chaim NERFINISHED ⓘ
Likutei Halachot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Machaneh Yisrael NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mishnah Berurah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nidchei Yisrael NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sefer HaMitzvot HaKatzar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sefer HaZikaron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shaar HaTziyun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shemirat HaLashon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tiferet Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torat HaBayit NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1838 ⓘ
birthName Yisrael Meir Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yisroel Meir HaKohen Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Dzyatlava NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grodno Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Zhetel NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Radin NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1933 ⓘ
deathPlace Radun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raduń NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Polish Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jew NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyBackground Kohen ⓘ
founded Radin Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle Chafetz Chaim NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Mussar literature ⓘ
halachic practice of Orthodox Jews ⓘ
yeshiva world NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on daily halachic practice ⓘ
emphasis on laws of proper speech ⓘ
founding the Radin Yeshiva ⓘ
influence on 20th‑century Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
works on Jewish ethics ⓘ
works on Jewish law ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
mainWorkOn Orach Chaim section of Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Lithuanian Torah world ⓘ
Mussar movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter his book Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
nationality Polish Jew ⓘ
Russian Empire Jew ⓘ
position rosh yeshiva of Radin Yeshiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfActivity Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
subjectOf numerous biographies ⓘ
workFocus Shabbat observance ⓘ
charity and kindness ⓘ
daily prayer laws ⓘ
laws of lashon hara ⓘ
laws of rechilut ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shaar HaTziyun → author → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
Yisrael Meir Kagan → alsoKnownAs → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
Yisrael Meir Kagan → alsoKnownAs → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hafetz Hayyim
Yisrael Meir Kagan → notableWork → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chofetz Chaim
Yisrael Meir Kagan → hasHonorific → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
this entity surface form: HaChafetz Chaim
Yisrael Meir Kagan → hasHonorific → Chafetz Chaim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maran HaChafetz Chaim