Maimonides descendants
Jacob ben Asher (c.
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Jacob Ben Asher, also known as Ba’al Haturim, after his famous work, the Arba’ah Turim, was a Jewish legal scholar and biblical commentator in late 13th and early 14th century Spain.
Piskei harosh
The author is simply known as "Baal Haturim" meaning "Author of the Turim" (see explanation further on).
Maimonides biography
JACOB ben ASHER, also known as Ba'al ha-Turim as well as Rabbi Yaakov ben Raash (Rabbeinu Asher), was probably born in the Holy Roman Empire at Cologne about .