Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher)

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Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) was a prominent medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his code of Jewish law, the Arba'ah Turim, and his concise, gematria-rich Torah commentary.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) canonical 1
Baʿal ha-Turim 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal codifier ⓘ
Torah commentator ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ
posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
activeIn 14th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baal HaTurim ⓘ
Jacob ben Asher ⓘ
Yaakov ben Asher ⓘ
linked to: Jacob ben Asher
approach integration of Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions ⓘ
practical halakhic codification ⓘ
basedIn Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Toledo ⓘ
birthPlace Cologne ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Toledo ⓘ
citizenship Castile ⓘ
componentOf Arba'ah Turim – Choshen Mishpat ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim

Arba'ah Turim – Even HaEzer ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim

Arba'ah Turim – Orach Chayim ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim

Arba'ah Turim – Yoreh De'ah ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim
deathPlace Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
education studied under his father Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ
linked to: Asher ben Jehiel
era medieval period ⓘ
father Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ
field Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Talmudic scholarship ⓘ
Torah commentary ⓘ
influenced Joseph Caro ⓘ
linked to: Yosef Karo

Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
influencedBy Alfasi (Isaac Alfasi) ⓘ
linked to: Isaac Alfasi

Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
knownFor concise halakhic rulings ⓘ
gematria-based Torah commentary ⓘ
remez-style interpretations ⓘ
systematizing Jewish law into four Turim ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
notableWork Arba'ah Turim ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim

Ba'al HaTurim commentary on the Torah ⓘ
Perush HaTur HaAruch ⓘ
linked to: Arba’ah Turim
regionOfActivity Christian Spain ⓘ
relative Rosh (Asher ben Jehiel) ⓘ
linked to: Asher ben Jehiel
religion Judaism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rishonim → includes → Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) ⓘ
Jacob ben Asher → alsoKnownAs → Baʿal ha-Turim ⓘ
linked to: Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher)