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Baal ha-Turim

Baal ha-Turim is a common reference to the influential Medieval Rabbi Ya'akov (Jacob) ben Asher (1270-ca 1340). He was the son of the Rosh, German-born Rabbi who moved to Spain.

His works include:

• Arba'ah Turim, a codex of Jewish law.
• A Torah commentary commonly referred to as "Baal ha-Turim". This commentary itself is prefaced by a brief commentary in itself, and this work has gained great influence to the point that it is printed in many one-volume Torah texts for synagogue use, only next to Rashi and the Targumof Onkelos. It contains mystical and symbolical references in the Torah text, often using gematria and acronyms as well as other occurrences of particular words elsewhere in the Torah.

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