Codes of Jewish law

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Codes of Jewish law are authoritative compilations that systematically organize and codify halakhic rulings and practices within the Jewish legal tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre of religious legal literature
halakhic literature
appliesTo Sabbath and festivals
business ethics
civil law within Jewish communities
dietary laws
family law
religious practice
ritual observance
basedOn Talmud
Torah
rabbinic custom
rabbinic responsa
characteristic aim to provide practical legal rulings
arranged by subject matter
describedAs authoritative compilations of Jewish law
field Halakha
hasNotableExample Arba'ah Turim
linked to: Arba’ah Turim

Aruch HaShulchan
Ben Ish Chai
Chayei Adam
Chochmat Adam
Kaf HaChaim
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
Magen Avraham
Mishnah Berurah
Mishneh Torah
Mishpat Ivri compilations
linked to: Choshen Mishpat

Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (SeMaG)
Sefer Mitzvot Katan (SeMaK)
Sefer ha-Halachot of Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (Rif)
linked to: Sefer Ha-Halachot

Shulchan Aruch
Shulchan Aruch HaRav
Taz (Turei Zahav)
linked to: Taz

Yalkut Yosef
influencedBy Ashkenazi tradition
Sephardi tradition
Yemenite tradition
geographic customs (minhagim)
language Aramaic
Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
other Jewish vernaculars
purpose codification of Jewish legal practice
systematic organization of halakhic rulings
religiousTradition Judaism
timePeriod early modern period
medieval period
modern period
usedBy Jewish communities
rabbinic authorities
students of Halakha

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Rabbinic literature hasPart Codes of Jewish law
Book of Love hasComponent Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls
linked to: Codes of Jewish law
Kiddushin legalDomain Jewish family law
linked to: Codes of Jewish law