Mishnah Berurah

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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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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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Halakha codifiedIn Mishnah Berurah
Havdalah ceremony halakhicSource Mishnah Berurah
Mishnah Berurah alternativeSpelling Mishnah Berurah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mishna Berura
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch relatedWork Mishnah Berurah
Rabbi Moshe Isserles influenced Mishnah Berurah
subject surface form: Moshe Isserles
Three Weeks halachicDiscussionIn Mishnah Berurah
Biur Halakha printedAlongside Mishnah Berurah
Biur Halakha associatedWith Mishnah Berurah
Shaar HaTziyun partOf Mishnah Berurah
Shaar HaTziyun commentaryOn Mishnah Berurah
Shaar HaTziyun associatedWith Mishnah Berurah
this entity surface form: Mishnah Berurah edition of Orach Chaim
Shaar HaTziyun printedWith Mishnah Berurah
this entity surface form: Mishnah Berurah on Orach Chaim
Orach Chayim hasCommentary Mishnah Berurah
Magen Avraham influenced Mishnah Berurah
Taz influenced Mishnah Berurah
Pri Megadim citedIn Mishnah Berurah
Radin associatedWithWork Mishnah Berurah
Yisrael Meir Kagan notableWork Mishnah Berurah
Yoma 85b citedBy Mishnah Berurah
Aruch HaShulchan comparedWith Mishnah Berurah
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen influenced Mishnah Berurah
this entity surface form: Mishnah Berurah commentators
Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen citedBy Mishnah Berurah