Would anyone know a sefer on Contemporary Halachic Shailos (=questions) in English (on all of Shulchan Aruch?)
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More specific: judaism.stackexchange.com/q/22559 judaism.stackexchange.com/q/15407– msh210 ♦Dec 30, 2015 at 22:45
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You might want to look into the Gray Matter series by Rabbi Chaim Jachter.– Salmononius2Dec 31, 2015 at 1:23
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Otzar Hatshuvos by Rabbi Abraham Scheinberg is very good.– samDec 31, 2015 at 4:16
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1@mbloch it is focused on medical issues, but it goes through all 4 parts of shulchan aruch. Inevitably a tremendous volume of practical and contemporary halacha questions are presented in English.– mevaqeshDec 31, 2015 at 5:52
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1@mbloch You are very welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it.– mevaqeshJan 17, 2016 at 6:21
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There are many series of such books, a few I like are
- R Daniel Mann from Eretz Hemda has a very nice series called Living the halachic process (also available one of them also available on Kindle) - you can sample some online as part of the OU Vebbe Rebbe series (I cannot find the table of contents, try varying the number in the URL)
- R Ari Enkin has another very nice series of halakhic insights and responsa - you can sample some online here
- R Abraham's Nishmat Avraham is a compendium of medical halachot following the 4 orders of the Shulchan Aruch, it is extremely pedagogical (h/t mevaqesh for the reference) (3 volumes)
- R Chaim Jachter: Gray matter (4 volumes)
- R J David Bleich's older series of Contemporary Halachic problems (at least 6 volumes)
- R J. Simcha Cohen: How does Jewish law work (2 volumes, older)
The first three are my preferred by far, they are highly readable, very diverse (matching your question of "all of SA") and the issues adressed are very relevant.