Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch is a sixteenth-century code of Jewish law written by Joseph Karo. Organized by subject, it became a central practical authority in many Jewish communities.

Joseph Karo: Joseph Karo was a sixteenth-century rabbi and legal scholar who wrote the Shulchan Aruch. He compiled the code and supplied its concise rulings.
Orach Chayim: Orach Chayim is the Shulchan Aruch section covering prayer, synagogue practice, holidays, and daily religious life. It shows how the code arranges practical rules for recurring observances.
Jacob ben Asher: Jacob ben Asher was a medieval rabbi who wrote the Arba'ah Turim, a major code of Jewish law. His code provided Joseph Karo’s principal structural model.
Mishnah Berurah: Mishnah Berurah is a nineteenth-century commentary by Israel Meir Kagan on Orach Chayim. It demonstrates how later authorities interpreted the code for practical observance.
Beit Yosef: Beit Yosef is Joseph Karo’s extensive commentary on the Arba'ah Turim, documenting legal sources and disagreements. It is the scholarly groundwork from which Karo distilled the Shulchan Aruch.
Yoreh De'ah: Yoreh De'ah is the Shulchan Aruch section addressing topics including dietary law, ritual purity, and mourning. Its rulings cover a broad set of religious and communal obligations.
Moses Isserles: Moses Isserles was a sixteenth-century Polish rabbi and legal scholar known for the Mappah glosses. He supplemented Karo’s text with Ashkenazi legal decisions and customs.
Aruch HaShulchan: Aruch HaShulchan is a late nineteenth-century work of Jewish law by Yechiel Michel Epstein. It revisits the code’s rulings while incorporating later sources and legal reasoning.
Arba'ah Turim: Arba'ah Turim is a four-part medieval code of Jewish law written by Jacob ben Asher. Karo organized his code around its four-part structure.
Even Ha'ezer: Even Ha'ezer is the Shulchan Aruch section dealing chiefly with marriage and divorce. It gathers family-law rulings within the code’s four-part arrangement.

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