Rosh
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Rosh (Rabbeinu Asher ben Jehiel) was a prominent 13th–14th century Talmudic authority and halachic codifier whose rulings significantly shaped later Jewish law, including the Shulchan Aruch.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Halachic decisor
→
Jewish legal codifier → Rabbi → Rishon → Talmudic authority → |
| alternativeName |
Asher ben Jehiel
→
HaRosh → Asher ben Jehiel →
surface form:
Rabbeinu Asher
|
| authorityLevel | One of the primary halachic authorities cited by later codifiers → |
| birthCentury | 13th century → |
| citedIn |
Beit Yosef
→
Shulchan Aruch commentaries → |
| deathCentury | 14th century → |
| era | Rishonim → |
| ethnicity | Jewish → |
| field |
Halakha
→
Talmud → |
| fullName |
Asher ben Jehiel
→
surface form:
Rabbeinu Asher ben Jehiel
|
| impact | Helped shape the canonical halachic tradition → |
| influenced |
Later halachic authorities
→
Yosef Karo →
surface form:
Rabbi Yosef Karo
Shulchan Aruch → |
| influencedTradition |
Ashkenazic halakha
→
Sephardic halakha → |
| jurisdiction | Jewish law → |
| knownFor |
Bridging Ashkenazic and Sephardic halachic traditions
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Concise halachic rulings based on Talmudic analysis → |
| legalMethod | Extracting practical rulings from Talmudic sugyot → |
| legalStatus |
Central authority in Ashkenazic halakha
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Major source for Shulchan Aruch → |
| movement | Orthodox Judaism → |
| notableWork |
Piskei HaRosh
→
Responsa →
surface form:
Responsa of the Rosh
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| originRegion |
Ashkenazi Jews
→
surface form:
Ashkenaz
|
| religion | Judaism → |
| role |
Posek
→
Rosh yeshiva → |
| statusInHalakha | One of the major Rishonim relied upon for practical rulings → |
| timePeriod | 13th–14th century → |
| tradition | Talmudic scholarship → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.