Jacob ben Asher

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halakhic authority halakhic code medieval Jewish scholar rabbi

Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential legal code, the Arba'ah Turim, which became a foundational work in Jewish law.

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Label	Occurrences
Jacob ben Asher canonical	8
Yaakov ben Asher	6
Rabbi Jacob ben Asher	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	halakhic authority ⓘ halakhic code ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
activeInCentury	13th century ⓘ 14th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) ⓘ surface form: Baʿal ha-Turim Rabbeinu Asher ⓘ surface form: Rabbeinu Yaakov Jacob ben Asher ⓘ surface form: Yaakov ben Asher
author	Jacob ben Asher self-linksurface differs ⓘ
birthPlace	Cologne ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace	Toledo ⓘ
componentOf	Rishonim ⓘ
countryOfActivity	Castile ⓘ Spain ⓘ
deathPlace	Crown of Castile ⓘ surface form: Castile Toledo ⓘ
era	Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ surface form: Ashkenazi Jew
father	Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Halakha ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Talmudic scholarship ⓘ
hasPart	Choshen Mishpat ⓘ Even Ha’ezer ⓘ surface form: Even HaEzer Orach Chayim ⓘ Tur Yoreh De’ah ⓘ surface form: Yoreh De'ah
influenced	Yosef Karo ⓘ surface form: Joseph Caro Shulchan Aruch ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ later codifiers of Jewish law ⓘ
influencedBy	Isaac Alfasi ⓘ surface form: Alfasi Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ Maimonides ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
movement	Talmudic scholarship of medieval Spain ⓘ
name	Jacob ben Asher self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Arba’ah Turim ⓘ surface form: Arba'ah Turim Tur ⓘ
relative	Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
subject	Jewish law ⓘ
workFocus	codification of Jewish law ⓘ practical halakhic rulings ⓘ synthesis of Ashkenazi and Sephardi halakhic traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Yosef Karo → influencedBy → Jacob ben Asher ⓘ

Arba’ah Turim → author → Jacob ben Asher ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Jacob ben Asher

Joseph Karo → influencedBy → Jacob ben Asher ⓘ

Rabbi Moshe Isserles → influencedBy → Jacob ben Asher ⓘ

subject surface form: Moshe Isserles