Four Rows

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Four Rows is the English translation of the Hebrew title "Arba’ah Turim," a foundational medieval Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings.

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instanceOf Jewish legal code
halakhic code
medieval work
dateWritten early 14th century
hasAuthor Rabbi Jacob ben Asher
linked to: Rabbeinu Asher

Yaakov ben Asher
linked to: Jacob ben Asher
hasField Halakha
Jewish law
hasGenre legal literature
hasHebrewTitle Arba’ah Turim
hasInfluenceScope Ashkenazic communities
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews

Sephardic communities
hasLanguage Hebrew
hasMethod systematic organization of halakha
hasReligion Judaism
hasReputation foundational code of Jewish law
hasStructure four sections
hasTimePeriod medieval era
influenced Shulchan Aruch
later halakhic codes
isAlsoKnownAs Arba’ah Turim
The Tur
linked to: The Turim
isFoundationFor Joseph Karo’s Shulchan Aruch
linked to: Shulchan Aruch
isPartOfTradition Orthodox Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism
isUsedBy halakhic decisors
rabbis
isUsedFor practical halakhic rulings
organizesBy practical legal topics
placeWritten Spain

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