Shalom Aleichem
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Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shabbat evening meal blessings | 1 |
| Shalom Aleichem canonical | 1 |
| שלום עליכם | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113199 — 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: Shalom Aleichem Context triple: [Shabbat, hasSpecialSong, Shalom Aleichem]
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A.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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B.
Am Yisrael
Am Yisrael is the traditional Hebrew term referring to the collective people of Israel, encompassing the Jewish nation across history, land, religion, and shared destiny.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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E.
Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
- 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: Shalom Aleichem Target entity description: Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
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A.
Lecha Dodi
Lecha Dodi is a liturgical Hebrew poem sung in Jewish Friday evening services to welcome the Sabbath as a bride.
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B.
Am Yisrael
Am Yisrael is the traditional Hebrew term referring to the collective people of Israel, encompassing the Jewish nation across history, land, religion, and shared destiny.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Siddur
The Siddur is the traditional Jewish prayer book containing the set order of daily, Shabbat, and holiday prayers used in Jewish worship.
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E.
Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language song
ⓘ
Jewish liturgical song ⓘ Shabbat zemirah ⓘ |
| addressedTo | ministering angels ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageScript | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shabbat customs
ⓘ
Shabbat table rituals ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
part of traditional Shabbat liturgy
ⓘ
widely known Shabbat song ⓘ |
| genre |
liturgical poetry
ⓘ
religious song ⓘ |
| hasLiturgicalStatus |
minhag
ⓘ
non-obligatory custom ⓘ |
| hasOpeningWords | Shalom Aleichem malachei hasharet ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
blessing
ⓘ
divine protection ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| invokes |
angels of peace
ⓘ
ministering angels of God ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
Kabbalat Shabbat
ⓘ
Shabbat evening meal ⓘ |
| mentions |
blessing the household
ⓘ
coming in peace ⓘ departing in peace ⓘ |
| musicalPractice |
sung at home
ⓘ
sung communally ⓘ sung in synagogue ⓘ |
| performedBefore |
Kiddush
ⓘ
Shabbat evening meal blessings ⓘ
linked to:
Shalom Aleichem
|
| performedOn |
Erev Shabbat
ⓘ
linked to:
Shabbat
Friday night ⓘ |
| purpose |
to welcome Shabbat
ⓘ
to welcome ministering angels ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
expression of welcome to spiritual guests
ⓘ
sanctification of Shabbat ⓘ |
| religiousHoliday | Shabbat ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| structure | multiple stanzas ⓘ |
| textualForm | piyyut ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | evening ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Peace be upon you ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora
Jewish communities ⓘ Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shalom Aleichem Description of subject: Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Jewish liturgical song sung on Friday night to welcome the Shabbat and the accompanying ministering angels.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shalom Aleichem
linked to: Shalom Aleichem