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Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
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Halakha
32 linksCollective 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.
Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic and rabbinic laws, and the customs and traditions which were compiled in the many books such as the Shulchan Aruch.
Arba'ah Turim
13 linksImportant Halakhic code composed by Yaakov ben Asher (Cologne, 1270 – Toledo, Spain c. 1340, also referred to as Ba'al Ha-Turim).
Important Halakhic code composed by Yaakov ben Asher (Cologne, 1270 – Toledo, Spain c. 1340, also referred to as Ba'al Ha-Turim).
The four-part structure of the Tur and its division into chapters (simanim) were adopted by the later code Shulchan Aruch.
Joseph Karo
8 linksJoseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
Orach Chayim
6 linksSection of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim.
Section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim.
Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of the Shulkhan Arukh (שולחן ערוך), his own compilation of practical Jewish law, after the Arba'ah Turim. Many later commentators used this framework, as well.
Moses Isserles
9 linksEminent Polish Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law).
Eminent Polish Ashkenazic rabbi, talmudist, and posek (expert in Jewish law).
Isserles is perhaps best known for his halakhic works, chief among them his notes to the Shulchan Aruch by Yosef Karo.
Sephardic law and customs
5 linksSephardic law and customs are the practice of Judaism by the Sephardim, the descendants of the historic Jewish community of the Iberian Peninsula.
Sephardic law and customs are the practice of Judaism by the Sephardim, the descendants of the historic Jewish community of the Iberian Peninsula.
Following the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Jewish law was codified by Joseph Caro in his Bet Yosef, which took the form of a commentary on the Arba'ah Turim, and Shulḥan Aruch, which presented the same results in the form of a practical abridgement.
Ashkenazi Jews
9 linksAshkenazi Jews (יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, ; אַשכּנזישע ייִדן), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE.
Ashkenazi Jews (יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, ; אַשכּנזישע ייִדן), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, are a Jewish diaspora population who coalesced in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE.
Differences are noted in the Shulkhan Arukh itself, in the gloss of Moses Isserles.
Beit Yosef (book)
1 linksLong and detailed commentary on the Arba'ah Turim ("Tur") by Jacob ben Asher.
Long and detailed commentary on the Arba'ah Turim ("Tur") by Jacob ben Asher.
The Shulchan Aruch, which Rabbi Karo wrote later in his life, is a condensation of its rulings.
Acharonim
10 linksAcharonim (אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing.
Acharonim (אחרונים Aḥaronim; sing.
, Aḥaron; lit. "last ones") in Jewish law and history, are the leading rabbis and poskim (Jewish legal decisors) living from roughly the 16th century to the present, and more specifically since the writing of the Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew:, "Set Table", a code of Jewish law) in 1563 CE.
Yoreh De'ah
2 linksSection of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim around 1300.
Section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim around 1300.
Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, after the Arba'ah Turim. Many later commentators used this framework, as well.