Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Jacob ben Asher, known as Ba'al ha-Turimas and Rabbi Yaakov ben Raash

German-born Rabbi, Talmudist, Author of Tur which is the basis of the Shulchan Aruch "Prepared Table"

"Better a little with devotion than much without it."