Commentary on the Talmud (Rosh on the Talmud)

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Commentary on the Talmud (Rosh on the Talmud) is a highly influential medieval rabbinic commentary by Asher ben Jehiel that distills Talmudic discussion into practical halakhic rulings and became a foundational source for later Jewish law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Talmud commentary
rabbinic commentary
alsoKnownAs Piskei ha-Rosh NERFINISHED
Rosh on the Talmud NERFINISHED
associatedRabbinicFigure Asher ben Jehiel NERFINISHED
author Asher ben Jehiel NERFINISHED
century 13th century
14th century
emphasis codification of customary practice
concise presentation of conclusions
weighing earlier authorities
focusesOn Talmud NERFINISHED
genre halakhic commentary
geographicContext Ashkenazic Jewry
historicalSignificance bridge between Talmudic discussion and later codes
key work in the development of halakhic codification
influenced Arba’ah Turim NERFINISHED
Jacob ben Asher NERFINISHED
Joseph Karo NERFINISHED
Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED
later Ashkenazic halakhic tradition
later Sephardic halakhic tradition
influencedBy Geonic responsa
Rashi’s Talmud commentary NERFINISHED
Tosafist tradition NERFINISHED
language Hebrew
legalOrientation practical halakha
psak halakha
methodology distills Talmudic discussion into practical halakhic rulings
primaryFunction extracting practical rulings from Talmudic debate
halakhic decision-making
summarizing Talmudic sugyot
religiousTradition Judaism
religiousUse basis for halakhic rulings
study in yeshivot
statusInHalakha foundational source for later Jewish law
one of the major Rishonim authorities
structure divided into chapters corresponding to Talmudic perakim
organized by Talmudic tractates
subjectMatter Jewish law
Talmudic halakha
practical observance
timePeriod medieval period
traditionCategory Rishonim literature
usedAsSourceBy later halakhic codifiers
posekim

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Asher ben Jehiel notableWork Commentary on the Talmud (Rosh on the Talmud)