Sifra
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Sifra is a classical rabbinic midrash on the Book of Leviticus that systematically expounds its legal (halakhic) passages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sifra canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T879389 — 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: Sifra Context triple: [Midrash halakha, corpusIncludes, Sifra]
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A.
Sif
Sif is a goddess in Norse mythology best known as the golden-haired wife of Thor and a deity associated with earth, fertility, and grain.
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B.
Alara Kitan
Alara Kitan is a young, super-strong Xelayan officer who serves as the chief of security aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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D.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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E.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
- 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: Sifra Target entity description: Sifra is a classical rabbinic midrash on the Book of Leviticus that systematically expounds its legal (halakhic) passages.
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A.
Sif
Sif is a goddess in Norse mythology best known as the golden-haired wife of Thor and a deity associated with earth, fertility, and grain.
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B.
Alara Kitan
Alara Kitan is a young, super-strong Xelayan officer who serves as the chief of security aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
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C.
Hamutal
Hamutal was a queen of Judah, known as the mother of the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, during the final years before the Babylonian exile.
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D.
Shimsha
Shimsha is a river in southern India that flows through Karnataka and is known for its waterfalls and contribution to the Kaveri river system.
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E.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, known for seizing the throne after Nebuchadnezzar II’s son and for his building projects in Babylon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halakhic midrash
ⓘ
midrash halakha ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ tannaitic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | expound legal passages of Leviticus ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Rabbi Akiva ⓘ |
| audience | rabbinic scholars ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| category |
Midrashim on the Torah
ⓘ
linked to:
Midrash
|
| citedIn |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud
Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Yerushalmi
|
| commentaryOn | priestly code in Leviticus ⓘ |
| contains |
halakhic interpretations
ⓘ
hermeneutic principles ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
holiness code
ⓘ
priestly regulations ⓘ purity laws ⓘ sacrificial laws ⓘ |
| focusesOn | halakhic exegesis ⓘ |
| genre | legal commentary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Torat Kohanim ⓘ |
| influenced | later halakhic literature ⓘ |
| inHalakhicCategory | Torah-based law exegesis ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| method | derivation of laws from biblical verses ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of tannaitic midrashim ⓘ |
| period | Tannaitic period ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin |
Land of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Eretz HaKodesh
|
| relatedWork |
Sifre on Deuteronomy
ⓘ
linked to:
Sifre Devarim
Sifre on Numbers ⓘ
linked to:
Sifre Bamidbar
|
| religiousFunction | source for Jewish law ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalScope |
Leviticus
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Leviticus
|
| structureType | systematic exposition ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early centuries CE ⓘ |
| traditionType | oral Torah ⓘ |
| transmittedAs | rabbinic textual tradition ⓘ |
| typeOfExegesis | verse-by-verse legal exposition ⓘ |
| usedBy | Talmudic sages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interpretation of Levitical law
ⓘ
legal derivation in rabbinic courts ⓘ |
| usedIn | halakhic discourse ⓘ |
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Subject: Sifra Description of subject: Sifra is a classical rabbinic midrash on the Book of Leviticus that systematically expounds its legal (halakhic) passages.
Referenced by (16)
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