Kaddish – His Will
…interpretation, while not well known, was endorsed somewhat in Arukh haShulhan 56 (where much of the previous discussion is found). GRA-oriented prayerbooks also reflect this interpretation via the punctuation, such…
Young Rabbis and All About Olives
…complete without referring to R. Natan Slifkin’s essay on the topic available here. One complicating factor in any discussion of the kezayit is that R. Joseph Karo, Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim 586:1, writes: שיעור כזית יש…
The Customs Associated with Joy on Chanukah and Their More Obscure Sources
…Emden (Meor Uketziah beginning of Hal. Chanukah) and the Orach Hashulchan (siman 670, 8) all write the event was not on Chanukah. 4. Seufgoniot Another food eaten by Jews on…
Shnayer Leiman on “A Puzzling Passage in a Book Intended for Jewish Children”
…Jerusalem Talmud, or in any of the halakhic codes, whether Rif, Rambam, Tur, or Shulhan Arukh. Indeed, the ruling appears to contradict the Shulhan Arukh, i.e. the R. Moshe Isserles…
The Hafetz Hayyim’s Statement on Teaching Torah to Girls in Likutei Halakhot: Literary and Historical Context
…was not unusual for the Ḥafetz Ḥayyim to reuse parts of his kuntresim. [31] Geder Olam (Warsaw 1889), f. 19 ,p. 37. [32] Arukh ha-Shulhan (Jerusalem, 1969), VI, f.18, p….
The Netziv, Reading Newspapers on Shabbos, in general & Censorship (part one)*
…that this is a work in progress[2] and not intended L’Halacha; each person should consult his own Rav. In 1928, R’ Baruch Halevei Epstein described in his Mekor Baruch how on Shabbos his uncle, the…
Ancient Jewish Poetry & the Amazing World of Piyut: Interview with Professor Shulamit Elizur
…fasts, because there are a number of different versions, including one that’s quoted in Shulchan Aruch [Orach Chayim 580:2]. I even gave a full seminar on this topic. One of…
Hadaran: Who is going down to the pit of destruction?
…entering and exiting it is obligatory to recite the prayer of Nehunia Ben HaKana[13]. The Shulhan Aruch also follows his psak. In order to further facilitate the fulfilment of this…
Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts
…the Shulchan Aruch. For those who followed the opinion of Rabbeinu Tam, there is no conclusive evidence[2] in either halakhic literature or practice, that Rabbeinu Tam or anyone until after…
Tracing the history of eating milchigs on Shavuos
…from? The Rambam, Tur, and Shulchan Aruch do not make any mention of it. In this article, I will trace some of the earliest known sources that we have for…
Towards a Bibliography of seforim related to Shavuos and Megilas Rus (both new and old) – updated
…and Keriyas Hatorah. The only custom he mentions that is unique to Shavuos is saying Azharot. Rabbi Yosef Caro in both of his works, Beis Yosef and Shulchan Aruch pretty…
Daily Birkat Cohanim in the Diaspora
…the Sefer ha-Miktzoot, or even every Shabbat, as is mentioned in the Mateh Efraim. Finally, we may cite the words of R. Yehiel Michel Epstein, in his Aruch ha-Shulhan, Orah…
China and the Answer to the Last Quiz
…a seminal discharge on Yom Kippur, most poskim, including the Shulhan Arukh, Orah Hayyim 613:11, hold that he cannot go to the mikveh on this day. However, there are a…
R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin, Kitniyot, R. Judah Mintz, and More
…who live in Israel are to follow the practices of the Shulhan Arukh but he doesn’t insist on this when it comes to Ashkenazim. If R. Joseph Karo is the…
Stet in the Beit Yosef: Fish and Milk, from Typographical Error to Typological Exemplar
…Yosef and Shulhan Arukh, the precis of the conclusions of halakhic discussions in the Beit Yosef. In fact, printing, and particularly choosing to do so in Renaissance Italy – where…