Mishnah Berurah

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Jewish legal work halakhic commentary rabbinic literature

Mishnah Berurah is a seminal six-volume halakhic commentary on the Orach Chayim section of the Shulchan Aruch, authored by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan and widely used as an authoritative guide to daily Jewish law and practice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal work ⓘ
halakhic commentary ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
alternativeSpelling Mishnah Berurah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mishna Berura
audience observant laypeople ⓘ
rabbis ⓘ
yeshiva students ⓘ
author Yisrael Meir Kagan ⓘ
surface form: Chofetz Chaim

Yisrael Meir Kagan ⓘ
authorityStatus widely used halakhic authority ⓘ
commentaryOn Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
commentaryOnSection Orach Chayim ⓘ
countryOfComposition Russian Empire ⓘ
denominationalContext Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
focus Shabbat laws ⓘ
blessings ⓘ
daily Jewish law ⓘ
festival laws ⓘ
kashrut aspects in Orach Chayim ⓘ
prayer laws ⓘ
synagogue practice ⓘ
tefillin ⓘ
tzitzit ⓘ
genre legal commentary ⓘ
halakhicApproach Ashkenazi custom ⓘ
Lithuanian yeshiva tradition ⓘ
hasTranslation English translations ⓘ
Hebrew annotated editions ⓘ
includesSection Biur Halakha ⓘ
Shaar HaTziyun ⓘ
influenceOn contemporary Orthodox Jewish practice ⓘ
yeshiva curricula ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 6 ⓘ
placeOfComposition Radin ⓘ
printedWith Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form: Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim

other classic commentaries on Orach Chayim ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
structure organized according to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim simanim ⓘ
subject Halakha ⓘ
Orach Chayim ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usesSources Acharonim ⓘ
Gra ⓘ
Magen Avraham ⓘ
Pri Megadim ⓘ
Rishonim ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
Taz ⓘ

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Mishnah Berurah → alternativeSpelling → Mishnah Berurah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mishna Berura
Halakha → codifiedIn → Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
Three Weeks → halachicDiscussionIn → Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
Havdalah ceremony → halakhicSource → Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
Rabbi Moshe Isserles → influenced → Mishnah Berurah ⓘ
subject surface form: Moshe Isserles
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch → relatedWork → Mishnah Berurah ⓘ