Birkat Hashanim
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Birkat Hashanim is a blessing in the Amidah prayer that asks God to provide rain and sustenance for the year.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Birkat HaShanim | 2 |
| Birkat Hashanim canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9541315 — 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: Birkat Hashanim Context triple: [Tefillat Geshem, relatedConcept, Birkat Hashanim]
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A.
Har Adar
Har Adar is a small Israeli community settlement and local council located in the hills west of Jerusalem, near the Green Line.
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B.
Shalom Aleichem
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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C.
Rosh Hashanah LaIlanot
Rosh Hashanah LaIlanot, commonly known as Tu BiShvat, is a Jewish holiday that marks the "New Year of the Trees" and is often celebrated with tree planting and eating fruits, especially those associated with the Land of Israel.
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D.
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the completion and immediate restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle with joyous dancing, singing, and Torah processions in the synagogue.
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E.
Rosh HaMemshala
Rosh HaMemshala is the Hebrew term for the Prime Minister of Israel, denoting the head of the Israeli government.
- 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: Birkat Hashanim Target entity description: Birkat Hashanim is a blessing in the Amidah prayer that asks God to provide rain and sustenance for the year.
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A.
Har Adar
Har Adar is a small Israeli community settlement and local council located in the hills west of Jerusalem, near the Green Line.
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B.
Shalom Aleichem
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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C.
Rosh Hashanah LaIlanot
Rosh Hashanah LaIlanot, commonly known as Tu BiShvat, is a Jewish holiday that marks the "New Year of the Trees" and is often celebrated with tree planting and eating fruits, especially those associated with the Land of Israel.
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D.
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the completion and immediate restarting of the annual Torah reading cycle with joyous dancing, singing, and Torah processions in the synagogue.
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E.
Rosh HaMemshala
Rosh HaMemshala is the Hebrew term for the Prime Minister of Israel, denoting the head of the Israeli government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish prayer
ⓘ
blessing in the Amidah ⓘ |
| addressedTo | God ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Birkat HaShanim
ⓘ
linked to:
Birkat Hashanim
Blessing of the Years ⓘ |
| associatedSeason | rainy season in the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Land of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Eretz HaKodesh
|
| connectedTo | Jewish agricultural calendar ⓘ |
| geographicVariation | different start dates for rain request in Israel and diaspora ⓘ |
| halachicTopic |
laws of inserting rain requests
ⓘ
prayer for rain timing ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalCategory | request blessing of the middle blessings of the Amidah ⓘ |
| liturgicalContext |
Amidah of Ma’ariv
ⓘ
linked to:
Amidah
Amidah of Mincha ⓘ
linked to:
Amidah
Amidah of Shacharit ⓘ
linked to:
Amidah
|
| liturgicalFunction |
petition for rain
ⓘ
petition for sustenance ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | obligatory part of weekday Amidah ⓘ |
| mentions | dew and rain in season ⓘ |
| omissionConsequence | may require repetition of Amidah in some cases ⓘ |
| partOf | Amidah ⓘ |
| positionInAmidah | ninth blessing in weekday Amidah ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure provision of food
ⓘ
to request a year of plenty ⓘ |
| recitedBy | observant Jews ⓘ |
| recitedIn | daily weekday Amidah ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Geshem
ⓘ
Shefa (divine abundance) ⓘ Tal ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalAllusion | biblical verses about rain and blessing of the land ⓘ |
| seasonalChange |
summer text for dew
ⓘ
winter text for rain ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Talmud Berakhot
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud Bavli Berakhot
|
| textualElement |
request for satisfaction from God’s goodness
ⓘ
request to bless the work of our hands ⓘ |
| theme |
agricultural prosperity
ⓘ
blessing for the year ⓘ material livelihood ⓘ |
| variantText |
Ashkenazi nusach
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Sephardi nusach ⓘ Yemenite nusach ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Birkat Hashanim Description of subject: Birkat Hashanim is a blessing in the Amidah prayer that asks God to provide rain and sustenance for the year.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Birkat Hashanim
linked to: Birkat Hashanim