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Arukh Hashulkhan - This article is about the work: Arukh HaShulkhan. For the author of the book, see Yechiel Michel Epstein.
The Arukh HaShulkhan is a work of Jewish scholarship, written by Yechiel Michel Epstein. The title "Arukh Hashulkhan" ("laying the table") is a clear allusion to the Shulkhan Arukh ("the set table"), the authoritative work of halakha on which it draws. In Aruch ha-Shulchan, Epstein traces the origins of each law and custom to its source in the Torah or Talmud, states the view of the Rishonim (early, pre-1550 authorities), and arrives at a psak (decision) - often supporting his views with the words of the Acharonim (later authorities) but occasionally disagreeing with them. The work follows the structure of the Shulkhan Arukh, and hence comes in four books, subdivided into chapters, which are again subdivided in paragraphs. In his work, Epstein tends to take a lenient view (le-kula), but decidedly without compromising in any form on the power and rule of Jewish law. Aruch ha-Shulchan is often quoted alongside the Mishnah Berurah, a work composed slightly later by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chafetz Chaim). Due to the latter's popularity in the yeshiva world, the Mishnah Berurah is often considered authoritative over Aruch ha-Shulchan by yeshiva graduates. Nevertheless, Aruch ha-Shulchan has a much wider scope. The work was published in eight volumes, but recent editions feature a ninth volume which had until then remained in handwriting (on religious vows) and a collection of homiletics.
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