Rashi
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Rashi was an influential 11th-century French rabbi and scholar renowned for his comprehensive commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rashi canonical | 33 |
| Rashi of Troyes | 1 |
| Rashi’s Torah commentary | 1 |
| כתב רש"י | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T650900 — 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: Rashi Context triple: [Rashi script, namedAfter, Rashi]
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A.
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the country's first Minister of Police and was a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Abba Ahimeir
Abba Ahimeir was a prominent early 20th-century Zionist activist, journalist, and ideologue who helped shape the militant, nationalist current within Revisionist Zionism in Mandatory Palestine.
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C.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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D.
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
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E.
Rabbi
A Rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher, traditionally responsible for interpreting Jewish law, guiding community practice, and providing spiritual and ethical instruction.
- 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: Rashi Target entity description: Rashi was an influential 11th-century French rabbi and scholar renowned for his comprehensive commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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A.
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the country's first Minister of Police and was a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
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B.
Abba Ahimeir
Abba Ahimeir was a prominent early 20th-century Zionist activist, journalist, and ideologue who helped shape the militant, nationalist current within Revisionist Zionism in Mandatory Palestine.
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C.
Shlomo
Shlomo is the Hebrew name for King Solomon, the biblical monarch renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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D.
Nachmanides (Ramban)
Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.
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E.
Rabbi
A Rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher, traditionally responsible for interpreting Jewish law, guiding community practice, and providing spiritual and ethical instruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible commentator
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Talmudic commentator ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| acronymOf | Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
ⓘ
Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak ⓘ Rashi of Troyes ⓘ
linked to:
Rashi
|
| birthDate | c. 1040 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County of Champagne
ⓘ
linked to:
Champagne province
Kingdom of France ⓘ Troyes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1105 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Troyes ⓘ |
| education |
yeshivot of Mainz
ⓘ
yeshivot of Worms ⓘ |
| era |
11th century
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High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Biblical exegesis
ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| fullName |
Shlomo Yitzchaki
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
|
| givenName | Shlomo ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryOn |
Babylonian Talmud
ⓘ
linked to:
Talmud
Ketuvim ⓘ Neviim ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| hasParticularStyle |
concise commentary
ⓘ
integration of midrash with peshat ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Rabbi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakhic tradition
ⓘ
Christian biblical scholarship ⓘ Jewish Bible commentary ⓘ Tosafists ⓘ
linked to:
Rishonim
|
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement |
Ashkenazi Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| notableWork |
Commentary on the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Midrash
Commentary on the Talmud ⓘ Commentary on the Torah ⓘ |
| occupation |
halakhic authority
ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ religious commentator ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Troyes ⓘ |
| tradition | peshat-oriented biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Conservative Judaism
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Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rashi Description of subject: Rashi was an influential 11th-century French rabbi and scholar renowned for his comprehensive commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.