R. Jacob ben Asher (Baal HaTurim)

We are going to tell you of a man, who perhaps more than any other single person shaped our practical every day life. He is the author of a gigantic work, which even to this day-more than six hundred years later-is still studied by the students and author...

Overview of the major Ashkenazi rishonim.

This class covers more of the medieval scholars (“Rishonim”) of Sephardic Jewry, including Nachmanides, R. Shlomo ben Aderet, Rabbeinu Asher, the Baal HaTurim and Rabbeinu Nissim. This class concludes with the proliferation of Kabbalah in Spain.