…Menahot 37a; Maimonides, MT, Hil. Tefillin 4:1; Rabbi Joseph Karo, Shulhan ‘Arukh, Orah Hayyim 27:9. [5] m. Megillah 4:8. [6] Deuteronomy 6:8. [7] Shulhan ‘Arukh, Orah Hayyim 27:1. [8] In…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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….
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…literature that we have from the Geonim and Rishonim. Neither is there mention of it in the Tur, Shulchan Orach, Rema, or other early commentators on the Shulchan Orach. One…
…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…