1270 CE: THE TUR

–a.k.a. Arb’ah Turim

–by Rav Jacob ben Asher (1270–1343 CE) a.k.a. Baal ha–Turim.

Halakhic code, rabbinic classic Arba’ah Turim (The Four Rows).

The 4–part structure and its division into chapters (simanim) was later adopted in the Shulchan Aruch
(the enduring Code of Jewish Law

The four Turim (rows) are as follows:

Orach Chayim laws of prayer and synagogue, Sabbath and Holidays
Yoreh De’ah – Schechita (ritual slaughtering)
and inter–related kashrut
Even Ha’ezer – laws of marriage, divorce
Choshen Mishpat – laws of finance, financial legal responsibility, damages,
and legal procedure