# Even Ha'ezer

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***Even Ha'ezer*** (lit. "The Stone of Help" or "The Rock of the [Helpmate](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Helpmate)"[1]) is a section of [Rabbi](/source/Rabbi) [Jacob ben Asher](/source/Jacob_ben_Asher)'s compilation of [halakha](/source/Halakha) (Jewish law), *[Arba'ah Turim](/source/Arba'ah_Turim)*. This section treats aspects of Jewish law related to marriage, divorce, and sexual conduct.[2] Later, Rabbi [Yosef Karo](/source/Yosef_Karo) modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law, the *[Shulchan Aruch](/source/Shulchan_Aruch)*, after the *Arba'ah Turim*.[3] Many later commentators used this framework as well. Thus, "Even Ha'ezer" in common usage may refer to an area of halakha non-specific to Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation.[citation needed]

## Other Sections

The other three sections of *Arba'ah Turim* and other works borrowing its organizational scheme are:

- [Orach Chayim](/source/Orach_Chayim)
- [Yoreh De'ah](/source/Yoreh_De'ah)
- [Choshen Mishpat](/source/Choshen_Mishpat)

## See also

- [Jewish Divorce Law Free Resources](https://jewish-divorce.web.app/), books of poskim and Responzas.

## References

1. Segal, Eliezer (2009). [*Introducing Judaism*](https://books.google.com/books?id=864RAQAAIAAJ). Routledge. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-415-44009-7.

1. ["Jacob ben Asher"](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/298955/Jacob-ben-Asher#ref175597). *Encyclopædia Britannica*. Retrieved 2015-02-03.

1. ["Joseph ben Ephraim Karo"](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/312602/Joseph-ben-Ephraim-Karo). *Encyclopædia Britannica*. Retrieved 2015-02-03.

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