Yad ha-Chazakah
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Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yad ha-Chazakah canonical | 2 |
| Sefer Yad ha-Chazakah | 1 |
| Yad HaChazaka | 1 |
| Yad ha-Ḥazakah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1269612 — 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: Yad ha-Chazakah Context triple: [Mishneh Torah, alternativeName, Yad ha-Chazakah]
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A.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
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B.
Har HaZeitim
Har HaZeitim is the Hebrew name for the Mount of Olives, a historically and religiously significant ridge east of Jerusalem central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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C.
Milhamot Hashem
Milhamot Hashem is a halakhic and Talmudic work by Nachmanides in which he defends and elaborates on earlier legal rulings, particularly those of the Rif, against later critiques.
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D.
Sefer ha-Rimon
Sefer ha-Rimon is a Jewish mystical and ethical work by the 13th-century Kabbalist Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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E.
Sefer ha-Ot
Sefer ha-Ot is a seminal mystical treatise by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, exploring prophetic Kabbalah through letter permutations and meditative techniques.
- 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: Yad ha-Chazakah Target entity description: Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
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A.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
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B.
Har HaZeitim
Har HaZeitim is the Hebrew name for the Mount of Olives, a historically and religiously significant ridge east of Jerusalem central to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
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C.
Milhamot Hashem
Milhamot Hashem is a halakhic and Talmudic work by Nachmanides in which he defends and elaborates on earlier legal rulings, particularly those of the Rif, against later critiques.
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D.
Sefer ha-Rimon
Sefer ha-Rimon is a Jewish mystical and ethical work by the 13th-century Kabbalist Moses de León, best known as the principal author of the Zohar.
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E.
Sefer ha-Ot
Sefer ha-Ot is a seminal mystical treatise by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, exploring prophetic Kabbalah through letter permutations and meditative techniques.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal code
ⓘ
halakhic work ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| aim |
to codify all of Jewish law
ⓘ
to present halakha in a clear and systematic form ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Mishneh Torah
ⓘ
Sefer Yad ha-Chazakah ⓘ
linked to:
Yad ha-Chazakah
|
| author |
Maimonides
ⓘ
Moses ben Maimon ⓘ
linked to:
Maimonides
|
| centuryOfComposition | 12th century ⓘ |
| genre | code of law ⓘ |
| geographicContext | medieval Egypt ⓘ |
| includes |
civil law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ laws of Sabbath ⓘ laws of damages ⓘ laws of divorce ⓘ laws of festivals ⓘ laws of kashrut ⓘ laws of kings and wars ⓘ laws of marriage ⓘ laws of prayer ⓘ laws of repentance ⓘ laws of ritual purity ⓘ laws of sacrifices ⓘ laws of the Temple service ⓘ principles of faith ⓘ |
| influenced |
Shulchan Aruch
ⓘ
later halakhic codifiers ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalSchool | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Strong Hand ⓘ |
| method | systematic codification without citing sources in the text ⓘ |
| notableSection |
Hilchot Deot
ⓘ
linked to:
Mishneh Torah
Hilchot Teshuvah ⓘ Hilchot Yesodei ha-Torah ⓘ
linked to:
Mishneh Torah
|
| numberOfBooks | 14 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Talmud ⓘ |
| religiousLaw | Halakha ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | authoritative in many Jewish communities ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scope | all areas of Jewish law ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | foundational halakhic code ⓘ |
| structure | 14 books ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
rabbinic scholars
ⓘ
yeshiva students ⓘ |
| usesSources |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud
Geonic responsa ⓘ Jerusalem Talmud ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Yerushalmi
|
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Subject: Yad ha-Chazakah Description of subject: Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
Referenced by (5)
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