Mappah
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Mappah is a halachic work by Rabbi Moshe Isserles that supplements and adapts the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi Jewish legal customs.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HaMapah | 7 |
| Mappah canonical | 3 |
| Ha-Mappah | 1 |
| HaMapah ("the tablecloth") | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2515314 — 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: Mappah Context triple: [Moshe Isserles, notableWork, Mappah]
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A.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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B.
Kfar Nahum
Kfar Nahum is the modern Israeli site identified with the ancient fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, known for its significant New Testament associations.
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C.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Riblah
Riblah was an ancient town in Syria that served as a strategic military and administrative headquarters, notably used by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar during the final conquest of Judah.
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E.
Haran
Haran is an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia known from the Hebrew Bible as a key dwelling place of the patriarch Abraham before his journey to Canaan.
- 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: Mappah Target entity description: Mappah is a halachic work by Rabbi Moshe Isserles that supplements and adapts the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi Jewish legal customs.
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A.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
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B.
Kfar Nahum
Kfar Nahum is the modern Israeli site identified with the ancient fishing village of Capernaum on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, known for its significant New Testament associations.
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C.
Eglah
Eglah is a lesser-known wife of the biblical King David, mentioned among the mothers of his sons in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Riblah
Riblah was an ancient town in Syria that served as a strategic military and administrative headquarters, notably used by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar during the final conquest of Judah.
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E.
Haran
Haran is an ancient city in northern Mesopotamia known from the Hebrew Bible as a key dwelling place of the patriarch Abraham before his journey to Canaan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
halachic work
ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | HaMappah ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Rabbi Yosef Karo
ⓘ
linked to:
Yosef Karo
|
| author |
Moshe Isserles
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moshe Isserles ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | authoritative for Ashkenazi halakha ⓘ |
| citationForm | Rema on Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| coversSection |
Choshen Mishpat
ⓘ
Even HaEzer ⓘ
linked to:
Even Ha’ezer
Orach Chayim ⓘ Yoreh Deah ⓘ |
| denominationalContext |
Ashkenazi Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| geographicFocus |
Central Europe
ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| halakhicOrientation |
Ashkenazi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| influenceOn |
Ashkenazi halakhic practice
ⓘ
later halakhic decisors (poskim) ⓘ |
| integratedInto | standard printed editions of Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| isCommentaryOn | Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalTradition | Halakha ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Ashkenazi minhagim
ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ practical halakha ⓘ |
| method | recording Ashkenazi custom alongside Sephardi-oriented rulings of Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition |
Kraków
ⓘ
Poland ⓘ |
| purpose |
to adapt the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi customs
ⓘ
to supplement the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| relationshipToShulchanAruch |
adaptation for Ashkenazim
ⓘ
supplement ⓘ |
| religiousAuthority | widely accepted in Ashkenazi communities ⓘ |
| religiousLawDomain |
civil law
ⓘ
dietary law ⓘ family law ⓘ ritual law ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| structure | interlinear glosses on Shulchan Aruch text ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Tablecloth ⓘ |
| usedIn | codification of Ashkenazi Jewish law ⓘ |
| workType |
commentary
ⓘ
glosses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mappah Description of subject: Mappah is a halachic work by Rabbi Moshe Isserles that supplements and adapts the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi Jewish legal customs.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
linked to: Mappah
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