Questions tagged [shulchan-aruch]
A classic work of Jewish Law, compiled and written by R' Yosef Karo.
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Does one say this prayer for medical procedures on a procedure that gives guidance rather than help?
Shulchan Aruch (OC 230:4, as explained by Magen Avraham ibid. :6) paskens that when one undergoes a medical procedure he should say the following prayer:
יהי רצון מלפניך ה׳ אלקי שיהא עסק זה לי ...
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Are there any cases where Sephardim generally hold by the ReM"A?
The ReM"A famously wrote a gloss on the Shulchan Arukh called HaMapah where he pointed out places where the minhagim of the Ashkenazim (which he was familiar with) differed from the minhagim which ...
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Do other Chasidic communities follow Shulchan Aruch HaRav?
The Maggid of Mezeritch told the Baal HaTanya to put together a Shulchan Aruch for Chasidim. The result is the Shulchan Aruch HaRav, which is used as a final authority for halacha in Chabad ...
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Siman 32, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch: Untranslated
I was looking through the Metsudah translation of the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch when I stumbled upon Siman 32. The entire Siman was written in Hebrew, with no English translation. As far as I can tell, ...
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Is there a Rambam hidush in current halakhic practice?
The Kesef Mishneh and others have labored in citing all the sources of the Rambam's Mishneh Torah. I remember once learning that very rarely the Rambam states a halakhah that no one can find a source ...
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When can you make a bracha mentally?
The Taz to SA Orach Chaim 62:4 says in exigent cirumstances you can make a bracha mentally instead of verbalizing it:
מזה יש ללמוד במי שצמא בלילה במטתו שא"א לו ליטול ידיו ולברך יהרהר הברכה בלבו ...
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Writing/drawing in the sand on Shabbos
The Mishnah (Shabbos 12:5) rules that writing in the sand is permitted:
כָּתַב בְּמַשְׁקִין, בְּמֵי פֵרוֹת, בַּאֲבַק דְּרָכִים, בַּאֲבַק הַסּוֹפְרִים, וּבְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְקַיֵּם, פָּטוּר
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Why must one recite any scripture while donning Rabbe'inu Tam tephillin?
The Mishnah Berurah (Oraḥ Ḥayim 25:4, s.q. 14) clarifies that the reason one must be careful while reciting Shema' Yisra'el (and the 'Amidah) to also don tephillin is so as not to appear as a false ...
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Which Tzemach Tzedek?
When the Pitchei Teshuva (on the daf of Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah) quotes teshuvot of the Tzemach Tzedek, who is he quoting? Is he quoting Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Tzemach Tzedek of ...
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What rules did Hamechaber set to himself before compiling the Shulchan Aruch?
Following Doniel's question, did R' Yosef Karo accept himself a set of fixed rules/guidelines by which he is going to compile the Shulchan Aruch?
For example, the order of Halochos, what he brings ...
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Are Tefillin allowed to be put in a prison?
The Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 135:14) states that one should not bring a Sefer Torah into a prison.:
"בני אדם החבושים בבית האסורין אין מביאי' אצלם ס"ת אפילו בר"ה ויה"כ: הגה והיינו דוקא בשעת ...
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Should the shaliah tzibur and congregation face the direction the Aron points if it isn't pointing toward Jerusalem?
If the rear of the Aron points in any direction other than toward Jerusalem, which way should the shaliah tzibur and congregation face
-when praying the Amidah?
-during the rest of tefillah?
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Getting up by alos hashachar -- Halachically required?
That which the Machaber writes in the first siman of Shulchan Aruch:
יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו, שיהא הוא מעורר השחר
From here could one say that if one doesn't get up by alos hashachar ...
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Using soap at Netilat Yadayim to clean your hands?
I started reading Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. In the second chapter I noticed that I have to clean my hands when I wake up, then I say a blessing (netilat yadayim). Am I allowed to use soap with water when ...
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Who authored the topic - division headings in the Shulchan Aruch?
In every Shulchan Aruch I have seen, there are headings identifying the topic of each upcoming series of sections. For example, between sections 88 and 89, there is a heading which labels the next ...
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Why did R. Moses Isserles state the same law twice in a row?
In Shulchan Aruch O.C. 624:5, R. Moses Isserles states:
והמדקדקים מתחילים מיד במוצאי י"כ בעשיית הסוכה כדי לצאת ממצוה אל מצוה
And the careful ones begin making the succah immediately at the ...
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Rav ovadia Yosef mishna berura
A rabbi recently told me that rav ovadia yosef has a "Mishna Berura" style commentary on the shulchan aruch. (I presume he wasn't referring to his son's work Halacha Berura.) anyone know what this ...
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Which Talmud-edition to buy?
What Talmud-edition is advisable for a simple baalbayit, who is trying to make his way through the Gemara. I am aware of the Schottenstein-edition and its adavantages, but I mean an edition without ...
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What is the real position on the pilegesh expressed in the Shulchan Arukh?
Here is what Rabbi Yoel Lieberman says in the article present at the link
https://www.yeshiva.co/ask/8800
"We must immediately say, that the issue of Pilegesh is far from an issue which just has ...
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Is there a problem with saying/writing Antiochus Epiphanes?
Inspired by this question: Shulkan Arukh Yoreh De'ah 147 lists the prohibition to mention the name of a foreign deity (see also)
Epiphanes means "God Manifest" in Greek. It is unclear to me if ...
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Why do we refer to HaShem as a Rofei Chinam?
Shulchan Aruch (OC 230:4, as explained by Magen Avraham ibid. :6) paskens that when one undergoes a medical procedure he should say the following prayer:
יהי רצון מלפניך ה׳ אלקי שיהא עסק זה לי ...
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Rumor of New Edition of Friedman Shulchan Aruch
I heard that a smaller and more user-friendly edition of Mechon Yerushalaim's Friedman Shulchan Aruch is going to be released. Does anyone know if this is true?
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Has there ever been an expert system (i.e. computer program) developed for answering simple halachic queries?
As a computer programmer and student of the Torah, I've conceptualized the idea of codifying halacha - quite literally - in an expert system, allowing one to submit halachic queries and receive ...
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English version of SHULCHAN ARUCH
Hi I'm looking for good set of SHULCHAN ARUCH in English, Not K'tzur I need SHULCHAN ARUCH.
Can someone please advise me on set that I can buy ?
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Are there practices where Sepharadim do not hold by Shulchan Aruch? [closed]
I remember a Tunisian friend who was fairly learned mentioned a few places (halachically, not geographically) where Sepharadim do not go by the SA, but can't remember the specifics.
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Is there any place where Shulchan Aruch rules with the Rosh against the Rif and Rambam?
I am arguing with a friend about whether the Shulchan Aruch, being Sepharadi, weighed Sepharadi poskim higher than Ashkenazi ones. The above question came up.
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How do we treat a י"א in the Shulchan Aruch?
Is there a general principle for how we treat a י"א = יש אומרים (yesh omrim, "some say") cited in the Shulchan Aruch for the purposes of determining halacha? If not, are there examples of two halachos ...
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Why was the Shulchan Aruch's ruling to wait until Lad LaOmer to cut one's hair?
The Shulchan Aruch (493:2) writes that one should not cut one's hair until the morning of the 34th day of the 'Omer ("אין להסתפר עד יום ל"ד בבקר"). What is the source for waiting until the morning of ...
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What is the source of the prohibition against "eating or drinking while standing", mentioned in the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch?
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in 42:2 states that - "One shouldn't eat while standing and not drink while standing."
Now as I understand, the Kitzur (written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried) is a summary of ...
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Rif, Rosh, and Rambam about the Techelet
The Petil Techelet company (I believe) makes three types of colored strings:
Raavad- 1 full string of blue
Tosafot- 2 full strings of blue
Rambam- 1/2 string of blue
Does the Rif or Rosh mention any ...
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Shach on orach chayim
I came accross a Magen Avrohom או״ח תמ״ז ס״ק י״ג that quotes a Shach that he says is בגליון does anyone know what he might be referring to?
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Sefer on Contemporary Shailos
Would anyone know a sefer on Contemporary Halachic Shailos (=questions) in English (on all of Shulchan Aruch?)
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Why is the Ba'eir Heiteiv citing himself?
In the Ba'eir Heiteiv (באר היטב) commentary to the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 1, at the end of s'if katan 13, we find the words:
וכן העתיק הבאר היטב אשר לפני ע״ש ולא ידעתי למה.
And likewise, the Ba'...
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Hilchot Talmud Torah in Yoreh Deah?
If I understand correctly, Orah Haim is things that one is involved in daily. Talmud Torah, is something that one must learn every day (S"A Yore Deah 246:2). Why isn't the section "Hilchot Talmud ...
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What is the Shulchan Aruch Ha'Arizal?
What is the Shulchan Aruch Ha'Arizal? I expect it to be a compilation of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria's teachings on halacha arranged according to the order of Rabbi Yosef Karo's Shulchan Aruch, or perhaps a ...
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Paskening from Talmud vs. Shulchan Arukh
Sometimes poskim will pasken from the Talmud (gemara) instead of the Shulchan Arukh. However, I thought that we pasken from the Shulchan Arukh and not from the Talmud. What is the proper way for ...
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Why are SA OC 61:22 and 61:23 in that order?
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 61:20–1, dicattes that, when reading "Sh'ma", one must put a space between words that are in danger of being run together.
In the following paragraph, :22, it says "...
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Rema more meikel than mechaber in bb"ch?
Is Rema more lenient than mechaber anywhere in the laws of milk and meat? Usually, it seems, he is stricter.
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Shach's understanding of significance of Shulchan Aruch writing "there are some who require"
Hope this isn't too nuanced.
There's a pretty established rule in the Shulchan Aruch that when he writes a law, and then writes "some say" (ויש אומרים) something else, he's ruling like the ...
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Consistent philosophy in the Shulchan Aruch
If the Shulchan Aruch primarily rules based on a majority based on the Rif, Rambam and the Rosh, who each (I'm assuming) are usually philosophically internally consistent, then wouldn't the Shulchan ...
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minhag means law? when in shulchan aruch
When the Ramo writes and "so is the custom (vchain nohagin)" do we understand that to mean that this is his ruling regarding the law or that he is not giving his opinion about the law but is just ...
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Who is the author ע״ש quoted by באר היטב?
The באר היטב in חושן משפט quotes a posek ע״ש (not עיין שם). For example, ס׳ מ״ב ס׳ק ז:
כגון. כתב הע"ש אבל אם כתב ר"ת כגון י"ב י"ג כשר שא"א לזייף וליכא למיחש
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Can there be kiddushin between a Ger Toshav and a Jew?
I came across an article that quoted Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef in his Shulchan Ha'ma'arechet, (it didn't give an exact reference,) as saying that Kiddushin can be effected between a Ger Toshav, meaning a ...
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Glatt vs Beit Yosef Glatt [duplicate]
I’m curious what the difference in Halacha is between standard Glatt and “Beit Yosef” Glatt kosher? My understanding is the difference between Glatt and non-Glatt is the lungs, but what makes Beit ...
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What Is the "Standard" Shulchan Aruch Page Based On? How Many Dapim Are There?
There are many editions of the Shulchan Aruch and they do not all follow the same pagination. However, many editions I have seen call themselves "tzurat hadaf" and appear to have a similar ...
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Milk utensil found in meat cabinet [closed]
Say one has 2 cabinets, one for meat, one for milk, and found, for example, a milk knife in the meat cabinet and are uncertain as to how it got there. Say they are uncertain as to if it was washed in ...
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Why is Tikun Chatzos said specifically at Chatzos? What's so special about Chatzos?
The Shulchan Aruch writes in Orach Chaim 1:3
ראוי לכל ירא שמים שיהא מיצר ודואג על חורבן בית המקדש
It is fitting for every person who has fear of Heaven to be anguished
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Why isn't כל הכשר להצניע… in שלחן ערוך?
The seventh chapter of mishnayos Shabas has this general rule ("כלל"):
Whatever is fit for storing and people store that [amount of it], and he carried it out on Shabas, he's liable therefor to ...
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Where does the Shulchan Aruch quote an authority by name?
Generally speaking, R' Yosef Karo doesn't quote authorities by name in his Shulchan Aruch, but rather focuses on what the halacha is in the Shulchan Aruch and leaves the various opinions and ...
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Is it permissible for a woman to learn Pirkei Avot & Shulchan Aruch?
Is there anything prohibiting/restricting a woman from reading Pirkei Avot or the Shulchan Aruch?
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