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Shulchan Aruch

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/ ʃʊlˈxɑn ɑrˈʊx, ˈʃʊlxən ˈɑʊrəx /

noun

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

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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.

This section of the Shulchan Aruch is the most miscellaneous of the four; in the other three the association of subjects is more logical.

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel

The result has been, that the Shulchan Aruch has become an impersonal authority, rarely cited by the author's name, while the Mishneh Torah is mostly referred to as the Rambam, i.e.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

Caro lived in the age of printing, and the Shulchan Aruch was the first great Jewish book composed after the printing-press was in operation.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

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

From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Abrahams, Israel