Arba Turim

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

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instanceOf Jewish legal code
halakhic work
alsoKnownAs Arba'ah Turim NERFINISHED
Tur NERFINISHED
author Jacob ben Asher NERFINISHED
Rabbi Jacob ben Asher NERFINISHED
basedOn Geonic rulings
Rishonim rulings
Talmud NERFINISHED
ChoshenMishpatCovers civil law
judicial procedure
monetary law
countryOfOrigin Spain
dateOfComposition 14th century
era Medieval Jewish law
EvenHaEzerCovers divorce law
marriage law
genre Code of law
hasPart Choshen Mishpat NERFINISHED
Even Ha’ezer NERFINISHED
Orach Chayim NERFINISHED
Yoreh De’ah NERFINISHED
influenced Later halakhic codifiers
Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED
inspiredBy High priest’s breastplate with four rows of stones
intendedAudience Halakhic scholars
Rabbis
language Hebrew
legalStatus Foundational code in post-Talmudic halakha
methodology Systematic organization of halakhic rulings
notableCommentary Bayit Chadash (Bach) by Rabbi Yoel Sirkis NERFINISHED
Beit Yosef by Rabbi Yosef Karo NERFINISHED
Darkei Moshe by Rabbi Moshe Isserles NERFINISHED
Perishah and Derishah by Rabbi Yehoshua Falk NERFINISHED
numberOfParts 4
OrachChayimCovers Shabbat laws
daily laws
festival laws
placeInCanon Precursor to Shulchan Aruch
religiousLawSystem Halakha NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Judaism
structure Organized into four major sections
subject Halakha NERFINISHED
Jewish law
titleMeaning Four Rows NERFINISHED
YorehDeahCovers dietary laws
other ritual prohibitions
ritual purity

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