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Shulchan Aruch

British  
/ ʃʊlˈxɑn ɑrˈʊx, ˈʃʊlxən ˈɑʊrəx /

noun

  1. the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Shulchan Aruch was the last great bulwark of the Rabbinical conception of life.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

His parents educated him after the manner of orthodox Jews, and he studied diligently the Talmud and the "Shulchan Aruch," but very little the Old Testament.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

What is to become of the whole treatise on charity in the Shulchan Aruch?

From Yiddish Tales by Various

The Shulchan Aruch was the outcome of centuries of scholarship.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

The first book of its kind compiled after the invention of printing, the Shulchan Aruch obtained a popularity denied to all previous works designed to present a digest of Jewish ethics and ritual observances.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

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