Pitchei Teshuvah

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Pitchei Teshuvah is a classic halachic work that compiles and organizes later rabbinic opinions on the Shulchan Aruch, particularly in the section of Even Ha’ezer dealing with marriage and family law.

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Pischei Teshuvah 1
Pitchei Teshuvah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal text
halachic work
rabbinic commentary
aimsTo facilitate practical halachic decision-making
present a range of halachic opinions
audience advanced Torah scholars
rabbis
author Avraham Tzvi Hirsch Eisenstadt
basedOn Shulchan Aruch
citedBy contemporary poskim
commentaryOn Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat

Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Shulchan Aruch Even Ha’ezer

Shulchan Aruch
surface form: Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah
contains cross-references to other halachic works
focusesOn Even Ha’ezer
family law in halacha
marriage law in halacha
genre halachic compendium
halachicCategory Acharonim literature
includes citations of Acharonim
summaries of responsa
influenced later halachic digests
language Hebrew
method compiles later rabbinic opinions
organizes responsa literature
movement Lithuanian-style halachic scholarship
namedAfter Gates of Repentance
surface form: “Openings of Repentance”
organizesBy simanim of Shulchan Aruch
printedWith standard editions of Shulchan Aruch
region Eastern Europe
statusInHalacha widely accepted authority among later decisors
structure glosses on Shulchan Aruch text
subject Jewish marriage
divorce in Jewish law
family purity laws
financial aspects of marriage
timePeriod 19th century
tradition Orthodox Judaism
typeOfCommentary source-index commentary
usedAs reference work for halachic rulings

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Even Ha’ezer hasCommentary Pitchei Teshuvah
Yoreh Deah hasCommentary Pitchei Teshuvah
this entity surface form: Pischei Teshuvah