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The strongest criticism against all such codes of Jewish law is the contention that they inherently violate the principle that halakha must be decided according to the later sages; this principle is commonly known as hilkheta ke-vatra'ei ("the halakha follows the later ones"). A modern commentator, Menachem Elon explains:
This outline of Jewish religious law consists of the book and section headings of the Maimonides' redaction of Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, which details all of Jewish observance. Also listed for each section are the specific mitzvot covered by that section.
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Yoreh De'ah (Hebrew: יורה דעה) is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of halakha (Jewish law), the Arba'ah Turim, written around 1300. [1] This section treats all aspects of Jewish law not pertinent to the Hebrew calendar, finance, torts, marriage, divorce, or sexual conduct. (Nevertheless there exists occasional overlap ...
At times it also contradicts the Mishnah in the ruling of Jewish law. [5] The Tosefta often augments the Mishnah with additional glosses and discussions. [1] It offers additional aggadic and midrashic material, though this is only because it is a larger corpus than the Mishnah and the proportion of this material is identical to both. [4]
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (Hebrew: קיצור שולחן ערוך) is a work of halacha written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried which summarizes the Shulchan Aruch, mainly the sections "Orach Chayim" and "Yoreh De'ah", and deals with daily laws, prayers, Shabbat and holiday laws, etc.
Ba'er Hetev (also B’er Heteb [1] or Ba'er Heiteiv; Hebrew: באר היטב lit. "explaining well" or "explained well", based on Deut. 27:8; the vocalization "Be'er" is a traditional alternative) is a Hebrew commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, the chief codification of Jewish law. The commentary's two halves were authored by different individuals.
The organizations flagship research project is the book series "Jewish law for Israel", written by the best researches of Jewish law and edited by prof. Rakover. The series, including 11 researches, goal is to create a systematic and up-to-date presentation of Jewish law indexed to Israeli law, with Jewish law presented as a basis for ...