Tur
טוּרHebrew text: Tur (Vilna, 1923), Public Domain.
About the Tur on TorahSages
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The Tur — the Arba’ah Turim of Rabbeinu Yaakov ben Asher, the son of the Ro"sh (c. 1270–1340 CE) — is the code that gave halacha its four-part order: Orach Chayim, Yoreh De’ah, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. On each question it brings the opinions of the Rishonim before deciding, and the Beit Yosef that Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote on it became the Shulchan Aruch. The Tur typically brings for each halacha, the opinions of the Ramba"m, the Ri"f, and his father the Ro"sh, and provides his ruling on each issue. The Beit Yosef usually includes the Gemara and other rishonim who support the sides presented in the Tur. The Beit Yosef's opinion is often inferred from how he presents the sources to support the Tur. Therefore, there are usually no surprises when the halacha is presented in the Shulchan Aruch. Aside from the Beit Yosef, another important "Nosey Keilim" of the Tur is the Ba"ch, who also is the father-in-law of the Ta"z (Nosey Keilim of the Shulchan Aruch).
On TorahSages the Tur is here free, siman by siman, in the same four-part order and the same siman numbers as the Shulchan Aruch beside it, so a halacha can be read in the Tur and then in the Shulchan Aruch — and traced back through the Rosh and the Rif to the Gemara, all in one library.