Isserles
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Isserles is the family name of Moses Isserles, a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority renowned for his glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Isserles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11560946 — 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: Isserles Context triple: [Rema of Kraków, familyName, Isserles]
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Nicholas Vavasour
Nicholas Vavasour was a late 16th- and early 17th-century London stationer and publisher known for issuing plays and other literary works during the English Renaissance.
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B.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley was a 15th-century English nobleman and politician who served as a powerful regional magnate in northwest England and laid the foundations for the influential Stanley family dynasty.
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C.
Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was a prominent English Civil War officer and leading Leveller figure known for advocating radical democratic reforms and greater political rights for common people.
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D.
George Neville
George Neville is a character in the 1920 silent film "Way Down East," portrayed as a wealthy but morally dubious man whose actions drive much of the drama.
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E.
Baron Greenwich
Baron Greenwich is a subsidiary British peerage title historically associated with the royal family, notably held by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- 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: Isserles Target entity description: Isserles is the family name of Moses Isserles, a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority renowned for his glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
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A.
Nicholas Vavasour
Nicholas Vavasour was a late 16th- and early 17th-century London stationer and publisher known for issuing plays and other literary works during the English Renaissance.
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B.
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley
Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley was a 15th-century English nobleman and politician who served as a powerful regional magnate in northwest England and laid the foundations for the influential Stanley family dynasty.
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C.
Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was a prominent English Civil War officer and leading Leveller figure known for advocating radical democratic reforms and greater political rights for common people.
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D.
George Neville
George Neville is a character in the 1920 silent film "Way Down East," portrayed as a wealthy but morally dubious man whose actions drive much of the drama.
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E.
Baron Greenwich
Baron Greenwich is a subsidiary British peerage title historically associated with the royal family, notably held by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal scholar
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Polish Jew ⓘ family name ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Moshe Isserles
NERFINISHED
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Mosheh Isserles NERFINISHED ⓘ Rema NERFINISHED ⓘ Rema of Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Ashkenazic communities
NERFINISHED
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Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1530 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Old Jewish Cemetery in Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Rema Synagogue in Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1572 ⓘ |
| education | Talmudic studies ⓘ |
| era | post-medieval rabbinic era ⓘ |
| familyName | Isserles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
NERFINISHED
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Jewish philosophy ⓘ Talmudic law ⓘ |
| genre |
halakhic responsa
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rabbinic commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorific |
Rabbi
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Rema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakhic tradition
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later posekim ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Joseph Karo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Hebrew
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Yiddish ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainWork |
Glosses on the Shulchan Aruch
NERFINISHED
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HaMapah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Ashkenazi Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | משה איסרליש NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableBearer | Moses Isserles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritative rulings for Ashkenazi Jews
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integrating Ashkenazi customs into the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Darkhei Moshe
NERFINISHED
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Torat HaOlah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kraków NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of yeshiva in Kraków
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rabbi of Kraków ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Golda (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Ashkenazi halakhic tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isserles Description of subject: Isserles is the family name of Moses Isserles, a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority renowned for his glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
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