…although one may rule against the Shulchan Aruch, one should nonetheless seek to find hairsplitting differences between your ruling and the Shulchan Aruch’s so not to appear as if you…
…(Yeshurun, vol. 4 p. 250). R Frumkin also records this statement from the Gra– R. Frumkin’s source is a manuscript of R. Yisrael of Shklov’s Pas haShulchan (Toldos Chachmei Yerushalim,…
…the Vilna Goan’s commentary on Shulchan Orach Yoreh De’ah (lot 92) is among the many sifrei ha-Gra offered. The first edition of the Shulchan Orach is unique not only being…
…the Shulhan Arukh.[3] The inscription on its wall, and above the tombstone of R. Menahem Manes, reads: פה מצבת הגאון הגדול ר‘ מאנש חיות Here is the tombstone of the…
…picture is from R. Margulies’s book). The articles in these books include among others: Ha-Rambam v’HaZohar, Defusi haShulhan Arukh, Defusi haShulahan Ohrah haRishonim, Zionunei HaPesukim b’Talmud u-Midrashim, and Toledot Rebbi…
…parenthesized version is that of Abudraham. And, like nineteenth century Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel Epstein (Arukh HaShulhan, Orah Hayyim 59:10), former Chief Rabbi of Israel Ovadiah Yosef (Resp. Yabi’a Omer, Pt….
The Chanukah Omission by Eliezer Brodt Every Yom Tov has its famous questions that show up repeatedly in writings and shiurim. Chanukah, too, has its share of well-known questions. In…
…November, 2010. [15] See, for example, Shulhan ‘Arukh, Yoreh De’ah, 336:1. The ambivalence about seeking doctors, on the theory that divine providence governs illness and heath, was generally of theoretical…
…the period of the Rishomin signified by the publication of the Shulhan Arukh. In general, the Babylonian side prevailed as their hegemony increased, but in a number of cases, the…
…numerals)? 2. Point to a halakhah on Pesach that the Shulhan Arukh decides in accord with the Rosh, while the Rama records the practice in accord with the Rif and…
…letter also appear in his haskamah to R. Moshe Parzis’ Taharat Kelim (Bnei Brak, 2002). Another new source in this regard from Ratsaby is his Shulhan Arukh ha-Mekutzar (Bnei Brak, 2000),…
…weren’t as thorough as they should have been left the original title in the index. (lot 50). The version of the Shulkhan Arukh with the commentary Gur Areyeh that contains…
…R. Yechiel Michel Epstein (Arukh ha-Shulkhan) (lot 168), and the Netziv (lots 161-62), (there is also an amulet (lot 163) from his son, R. Chaim Berlin, that apparently was written…
…most prominent in Psalms; see Psalm 9:8-9; 82:8; 94:2; 96:10, 13; 98:9. ↩ See Targum and Midrash Lekah Tov to Lamentations 3:41. ↩ See Joseph Karo, Shulkhan Arukh, Yoreh De’ah…
…YD 33) was in favor of banning force feeding because of this potential serious problem. The Aruch Hashulchan (YD 33:37) says they did not do force feeding in his town….