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 |
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| Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) canonical | 1 |
| Baʿal ha-Turim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3704606 — 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: Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) Context triple: [Rishonim, includes, Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher)]
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A.
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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B.
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known as Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and seminal Jewish scholar renowned for his influential commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
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E.
Isaac Alfasi
Isaac Alfasi was an 11th-century Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority whose legal codification of the Talmud profoundly shaped later Jewish law.
- 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: Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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B.
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known as Rashi, was an 11th-century French rabbi and seminal Jewish scholar renowned for his influential commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
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E.
Isaac Alfasi
Isaac Alfasi was an 11th-century Talmudic scholar and halakhic authority whose legal codification of the Talmud profoundly shaped later Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish legal codifier
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Torah commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| activeIn | 14th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baal HaTurim
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Jacob ben Asher ⓘ Jacob ben Asher ⓘ
surface form:
Yaakov ben Asher
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| approach |
integration of Ashkenazic and Sephardic traditions
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practical halakhic codification ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Castile
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surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
Toledo ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Cologne
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Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Toledo ⓘ |
| citizenship | Castile ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Arba’ah Turim
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surface form:
Arba'ah Turim – Choshen Mishpat
Arba’ah Turim ⓘ
surface form:
Arba'ah Turim – Even HaEzer
Arba’ah Turim ⓘ
surface form:
Arba'ah Turim – Orach Chayim
Arba’ah Turim ⓘ
surface form:
Arba'ah Turim – Yoreh De'ah
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| deathPlace |
Castile
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Spain ⓘ Toledo ⓘ |
| education |
Asher ben Jehiel
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surface form:
studied under his father Asher ben Jehiel
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| era | medieval period ⓘ |
| father | Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ |
| field |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Talmudic scholarship ⓘ Torah commentary ⓘ |
| influenced |
Yosef Karo
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Caro
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Alfasi
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surface form:
Alfasi (Isaac Alfasi)
Asher ben Jehiel ⓘ Maimonides ⓘ Talmud ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concise halakhic rulings
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gematria-based Torah commentary ⓘ remez-style interpretations ⓘ systematizing Jewish law into four Turim ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arba’ah Turim
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surface form:
Arba'ah Turim
Ba'al HaTurim commentary on the Torah ⓘ Arba’ah Turim ⓘ
surface form:
Perush HaTur HaAruch
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| regionOfActivity | Christian Spain ⓘ |
| relative |
Asher ben Jehiel
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surface form:
Rosh (Asher ben Jehiel)
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| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ba'al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baʿal ha-Turim