A guide to, and abbreviation of, the standard code of Jewish law, the Shulhan Aruch

"A guide to, and abbreviation (kitzur) of the standard code of Jewish law, the Shulhan Aruch -- itself an abbreviation of a much longer text. Compiled by a Hung

The Ḥayei Adam, an abridged code of Jewish law, was written by Rabbi Avraham Danzig (1748-1820) and was first published in 1810. This code spread quickly thro

For more than four centuries, Jewish life has been based on a code of law written by Joseph Caro, his Shulḥan `aruk ['set table']. The work was an immediate b

Index. Bibliography: p.259-263.