Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein

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Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein was a prominent 19th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority best known for his comprehensive legal work Aruch HaShulchan.

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instanceOf Jewish legal scholar
Lithuanian rabbi
Orthodox rabbi
halachic authority
rabbi
approachToHalakha emphasizes minhag (local custom)
integrates Talmudic sources with practical rulings
birthPlace Bobruisk
linked to: Babruysk
birthRegion Russian Empire
birthYear 1829
burialPlace Novogrudok
centuryOfActivity 19th century
early 20th century
countryOfActivity Russian Empire
deathPlace Novogrudok
deathYear 1908
denomination Orthodox Judaism
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jew
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews
field Halakha
Jewish law
genre halachic code
responsa-style commentary
influenced 20th-century poskim
yeshiva world halachic study
influencedBy Acharonim
Rishonim
Shulchan Aruch
knownAs author of Aruch HaShulchan
languageOfWriting Hebrew
methodology organizes halakha according to Shulchan Aruch structure
surveys Talmud, Rishonim, and Acharonim before ruling
movement Lithuanian Jewry
name Yechiel Michel Epstein
Yechiel Michel ben Aharon Epstein
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein
notableWork Aruch HaShulchan
Aruch HaShulchan HeAtid
linked to: Aruch HaShulchan
occupation posek
rabbi
rosh yeshiva
rabbinicPosition rabbi of Novogrudok
relative Rabbi Baruch Epstein
author of Torah Temimah
religion Judaism
spouse daughter of Rabbi Eliyahu Goldberg
statusInTradition major halachic authority in Lithuanian tradition
widely cited in contemporary halachic literature
teacherOf students in Novogrudok yeshiva

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Aruch HaShulchan author Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein name Yechiel Michel ben Aharon Epstein
linked to: Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein