Rabbi Shalom Messas
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Rabbi Shalom Messas was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbinic authority who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Shalom Messas canonical | 1 |
| Shalom Messas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2997721 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Rabbi Shalom Messas Context triple: [Acharonim, hasPart, Rabbi Shalom Messas]
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Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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B.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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C.
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
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Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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E.
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rabbi Shalom Messas Target entity description: Rabbi Shalom Messas was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbinic authority who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
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A.
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi and halachic authority, best known as the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and for his influential Torah scholarship.
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B.
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski was a preeminent 20th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority, renowned for his leadership of the Vilna Jewish community and his influential responsa work "Achiezer."
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C.
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal
Rabbi David HaLevi Segal was a prominent 17th-century Polish rabbi and halachic authority best known for his influential Talmudic and legal commentary "Turei Zahav" (Taz) on the Shulchan Aruch.
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D.
Mordechai Bentov
Mordechai Bentov was an Israeli politician and signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served in several ministerial roles in the early years of the state.
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E.
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner
Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi Wosner was a prominent 20th-century Haredi posek and Talmudic scholar, best known for his multi-volume halachic work "Shevet HaLevi."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Rabbi
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Sephardic Jew ⓘ halachic authority ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Morocco ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1909-09-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Meknes ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Har HaMenuchot ⓘ |
| child | Rabbi David Messas ⓘ |
| deathCountry | Israel ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2003-05-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| denomination | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| endTime |
position:Chief Rabbi of Morocco 1978
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position:Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem 2003 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Messas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ rabbinic responsa ⓘ |
| givenName | Shalom ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Moroccan rabbinic tradition
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Rabbi Yosef Messas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Sephardic rabbinic leadership in Jerusalem
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extensive halachic responsa ⓘ leadership of Moroccan Jewry ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Hebrew
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Judeo-Arabic ⓘ |
| mentor | Rabbi Yitzhak Hazan ⓘ |
| name |
Shalom Messas
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Shalom Messas
|
| nationality |
Israeli
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Moroccan ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Rabbi David Messas
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various Moroccan rabbis of the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mizrach Shemesh
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Shemesh U’Magen ⓘ Tevuot Shemesh ⓘ
linked to:
Shemesh U’Magen
|
| positionHeld |
Chief Rabbi of Morocco
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Rishon LeZion (Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem) ⓘ
linked to:
Sephardic Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| rabbinicSchool | Moroccan Sephardic tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Casablanca
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Jerusalem ⓘ Meknes ⓘ |
| rite | Sephardic rite ⓘ |
| spouse | Simcha Messas ⓘ |
| startTime |
position:Chief Rabbi of Morocco ~1960s
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position:Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem 1978 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rabbi Shalom Messas Description of subject: Rabbi Shalom Messas was a prominent 20th-century Sephardic rabbinic authority who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco and later as Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, known for his extensive halachic writings and leadership.
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