Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen

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Jewish legal scholar Talmudic commentator halakhic authority posek rabbi

Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen, also known as the Shach, was a prominent 17th-century rabbinic authority and commentator on the Shulchan Aruch, especially renowned for his glosses on Yoreh De'ah.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Shabbetai HaKohen	7
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen canonical	5
Rabbi Shabtai HaKohen	1
Shabbetai ben Meir HaKohen	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
Context triple: [Acharonim, hasPart, Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen]

A. Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
B. Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
C. Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
D. Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
E. Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
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: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen
Target entity description: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen, also known as the Shach, was a prominent 17th-century rabbinic authority and commentator on the Shulchan Aruch, especially renowned for his glosses on Yoreh De'ah.

A. Judah Loew ben Bezalel
Judah Loew ben Bezalel was a renowned 16th-century rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and mystic of Prague, best known in legend as the creator of the Golem.
B. Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria was a 16th-century Jewish mystic and rabbi whose innovative teachings in Safed profoundly reshaped Kabbalistic thought and practice.
C. Baal Shem Tov
Baal Shem Tov was an 18th-century Jewish mystic and spiritual leader regarded as the founder of the Hasidic movement.
D. Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
E. Rabbi Ben Ezra
"Rabbi Ben Ezra" is a reflective philosophical poem by Robert Browning that explores aging, faith, and the spiritual meaning of human life.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Talmudic commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shabbetai HaKohen ⓘ linked to: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen Shabbetai ben Meir HaKohen ⓘ linked to: Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen Shach ⓘ
authorityOn	kashrut laws ⓘ monetary law (Choshen Mishpat) ⓘ ritual purity and impurity ⓘ
century	17th century ⓘ
citedBy	Aruch HaShulchan ⓘ Chazon Ish ⓘ Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
commentaryOn	Shulchan Aruch ⓘ Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah ⓘ linked to: Shulchan Aruch
countryOfCitizenship	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
denomination	Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
era	Acharonic period ⓘ linked to: Acharonic era
ethnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jew ⓘ linked to: Ashkenazi Jews
fieldOfWork	Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
genre	halakhic commentary ⓘ rabbinic responsa ⓘ
hasPart	Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Choshen Mishpat ⓘ linked to: Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Even HaEzer ⓘ linked to: Shach (Siftei Kohen) Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Orach Chaim ⓘ linked to: Shach (Siftei Kohen) Siftei Kohen (Shach) on Yoreh De'ah ⓘ linked to: Shach (Siftei Kohen)
honorificPrefix	Rabbi ⓘ
influenced	19th-century and 20th-century poskim ⓘ Mishnah Berurah commentators ⓘ linked to: Mishnah Berurah later Ashkenazi halakhic authorities ⓘ
knownFor	critical notes on Rabbi Moshe Isserles (Rema) ⓘ detailed halakhic analysis ⓘ glosses on Yoreh De'ah ⓘ
languageOfWork	Hebrew ⓘ
movement	Acharonim ⓘ
notableWork	Sefer Gevurat Anashim ⓘ Sefer Nekudot HaKesef ⓘ Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat ⓘ Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer (short glosses) ⓘ Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim (short glosses) ⓘ linked to: Shach (Siftei Kohen) Siftei Kohen on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah ⓘ
partOf	classical halakhic canon ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Eastern Europe ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Poland ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ

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