Shekel ha-Kodesh
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Shekel ha-Kodesh is a Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish Jewish mystic Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shekel ha-Kodesh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T943562 — 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: Shekel ha-Kodesh Context triple: [Moses de León, notableWork, Shekel ha-Kodesh]
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A.
Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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B.
Israeli new shekel
The Israeli new shekel is the modern official currency of Israel, widely used in everyday transactions and financial markets in the region.
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C.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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D.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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E.
Dinar
The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
- 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: Shekel ha-Kodesh Target entity description: Shekel ha-Kodesh is a Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish Jewish mystic Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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A.
Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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B.
Israeli new shekel
The Israeli new shekel is the modern official currency of Israel, widely used in everyday transactions and financial markets in the region.
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C.
Iraqi dinar
The Iraqi dinar is the official fiat currency of Iraq, issued by the Central Bank of Iraq and subdivided into 1,000 fils.
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D.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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E.
Dinar
The Dinar is a historic gold coin and monetary unit widely used across the Islamic world, originating as the standard currency of early Muslim empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish mystical text
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Kabbalistic work ⓘ |
| associatedFigure | Moses de León ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Spanish Kabbalah
ⓘ
Zoharic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Zohar
|
| author | Moses de León ⓘ |
| authorEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of Castile
ⓘ
linked to:
Castile
|
| culturalContext | medieval Sephardic culture ⓘ |
| doctrinalOrientation | theosophical Kabbalah ⓘ |
| genre |
esoteric commentary
ⓘ
mystical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
medieval Jewish philosophy
ⓘ
post-Maimonidean Kabbalah ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Heikhalot literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Merkavah mysticism
Provencal Kabbalah ⓘ Sefer ha-Bahir ⓘ
linked to:
Sefer HaBahir
earlier Kabbalistic traditions ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mysticalTradition | Kabbalah ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | medieval Spain ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Zohar ⓘ |
| religiousCategory | rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity |
Sephardic Jewry
ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardi Jews
|
| religiousDiscipline | Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| religiousLiterature | Jewish esoteric literature ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalContext |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Torah ⓘ |
| subject |
divine measure and value
ⓘ
spiritual significance of the shekel ⓘ |
| theologicalFocus |
divine attributes
ⓘ
mystical interpretation of Torah ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 14th century
ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Holy Shekel ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kabbalists
ⓘ
linked to:
Kabbalah
scholars of Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| usedIn | study of Kabbalistic symbolism ⓘ |
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Subject: Shekel ha-Kodesh Description of subject: Shekel ha-Kodesh is a Kabbalistic work by medieval Spanish Jewish mystic Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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