The Turim

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Jewish legal code halakhic work medieval rabbinic text

The Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes halakhic rulings into four major sections.

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Label	Occurrences
The Tur	1
The Turim canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal code ⓘ halakhic work ⓘ medieval rabbinic text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arba Turim ⓘ Arba’ah Turim ⓘ surface form: Arba'ah Turim Arba’ah Turim ⓘ surface form: Arbaah Turim Tur ⓘ
author	Rabbeinu Asher ⓘ surface form: Rabbi Jacob ben Asher Jacob ben Asher ⓘ surface form: Yaakov ben Asher
canonicalStatus	major code in the halakhic canon ⓘ
ChoshenMishpatScope	civil and monetary law ⓘ
commentaryTradition	extensive rabbinic commentaries ⓘ
dateOfComposition	14th century ⓘ
EvenHaEzerScope	marriage and family law ⓘ
focus	practical Jewish law ⓘ
genre	code of law ⓘ
geographicContext	medieval Spain ⓘ
halakhicApproach	brings multiple views and rulings ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational work of post-Talmudic halakha ⓘ
influenced	Shulchan Aruch ⓘ later halakhic codes ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
legalStatus	authoritative halakhic code ⓘ
methodology	systematic organization of halakhic rulings ⓘ
namedAfter	rows of precious stones on the High Priest's breastplate ⓘ
OrachChayimScope	daily life, prayer, Sabbaths, festivals ⓘ
predecessor	Mishneh Torah ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
primarySources	Geonic responsa ⓘ Talmud ⓘ earlier halakhic authorities ⓘ
religiousLawSystem	Halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
section	Choshen Mishpat ⓘ Even Ha’ezer ⓘ surface form: Even Ha'ezer Orach Chayim ⓘ Tur Yoreh De’ah ⓘ surface form: Yoreh De'ah
structure	divided into four major sections ⓘ
subjectMatter	Jewish law ⓘ halakha ⓘ
targetAudience	rabbis ⓘ students of Jewish law ⓘ
timePeriod	Rishonim ⓘ surface form: Rishonim era
titleMeaning	Four Rows ⓘ
usedBy	rabbinic decisors ⓘ
usedIn	halakhic decision-making ⓘ
YorehDeahScope	ritual law, kashrut, mourning, vows ⓘ

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Arba’ah Turim → alsoKnownAs → The Turim ⓘ

Four Rows → isAlsoKnownAs → The Turim ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Tur