The Viciousness of the Left’s Turn against Israel
You’re an anti-Zionist and not an anti-Semite? Mazel tov! Your opinions are atrocious nonetheless.
May 23, 2024
The Code of Jewish Law Celebrates a Milestone
The Shulhan Arukh, 450 years later.
Next year will mark the 450th anniversary of the death of Joseph Karo (1488–1575), author of the code of Jewish law known as the Shulhan Arukh (literally, “The Set Table”). Prior to its publication, there were several important works that tried to systematize the unwieldly corpus of talmudic jurisprudence, and there have been many more since. But this book carefully synthesizes its predecessors, and every one of its successors is on some level a commentary on the Shulhan Arukh, conferring upon it a uniquely authoritative status. Menachem Wecker writes:
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The Code of Jewish Law Celebrates a Milestone
The Shulhan Arukh, 450 years later.