Aruch HaShulchan
Work of halacha written by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908).
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Halakha
Collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
Collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
Aruch HaShulchan by rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1888) is a scholarly analysis of halakha through the perspective of the major Rishonim. The work follows the structure of the Tur and the Shulchan Aruch; rules dealing with vows, agriculture, and ritual purity, are discussed in a second work known as Aruch HaShulchan he'Atid.
Yechiel Michel Epstein
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein (יחיאל מיכל הלוי אפשטיין)
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein (יחיאל מיכל הלוי אפשטיין)
(24 January 1829 – 25 March 1908), often called "the Aruch haShulchan" after his magnum opus, Aruch HaShulchan, was a Rabbi and Posek (authority in Jewish law) in Lithuania.
Acharonim
Acharonim (אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing.
Acharonim (אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing.
Yechiel Michel Epstein (Aruch HaShulchan) (1829–1908), Halakhist and Posek
Shulchan Aruch
Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
Aruch HaShulchan, by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, is a more analytical work attempting the same task from a different angle, and covering all sections of the Shulchan Aruch.
Mishnah Berurah
Work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Poland, 1838–1933, also known as Chofetz Chaim).
Work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Poland, 1838–1933, also known as Chofetz Chaim).
It is widely used as a reference and has mostly supplanted the Chayei Adam and the Aruch HaShulchan as the primary authority on Jewish daily living among Ashkenazi Jews, particularly those closely associated with haredi yeshivas.
Posek
Term in Jewish law for a "decisor", a legal scholar who determines the position of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.
Term in Jewish law for a "decisor", a legal scholar who determines the position of halakha, the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities are inconclusive, or in those situations where no clear halakhic precedent exists.
Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1907), Aruch HaShulchan
Yosef Eliyahu Henkin
Prominent Orthodox rabbi in the United States.
Prominent Orthodox rabbi in the United States.
He received rabbinical ordination (semichah) from Rabbi Meltzer, and he was also ordained by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (the Ridvaz), Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz and Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein, the Aruch HaShulchan.