Mapah

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Mapah is Rabbi Moses Isserles’s glosses on the Shulchan Aruch, integrating Ashkenazi customs and rulings into that foundational Jewish legal code.

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf halakhic work
rabbinic commentary
aim to adapt the Shulchan Aruch to Ashkenazi practice
associatedCommunity Ashkenazi Jewry
Polish Jewry
author Moses Isserles
authorName Rabbi Moses Isserles
canonicalStatus standard Ashkenazi gloss on the Shulchan Aruch
cites Ashkenazi minhagim literature
Maharil
Rosh
Terumat HaDeshen
commentaryOn Shulchan Aruch
genre codes and commentaries on Jewish law
geographicFocus Ashkenaz (Central and Eastern Europe)
hasComponent glosses integrated into the printed text of the Shulchan Aruch
influence formation of normative Ashkenazi halakha
integrates Ashkenazi customs
Ashkenazi halakhic rulings
language Hebrew
legalDomain Choshen Mishpat
Even HaEzer
Orach Chaim
Yoreh Deah
legalStatus considered authoritative in many Ashkenazi communities
method citation of earlier Ashkenazi authorities
harmonization of Sephardi and Ashkenazi rulings
pairedWith Shulchan Aruch in standard halakhic editions
partOf halakhic canon of Ashkenazi Judaism
period early modern period
primaryFunction to record binding Ashkenazi custom alongside the Shulchan Aruch
regionOfInfluence Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Poland-Lithuania
religiousLawSystem Orthodox halakha
religiousSubtradition Ashkenazi Judaism
religiousTradition Judaism
roleInHalakha major Ashkenazi authority on the Shulchan Aruch
subject Halakha
Jewish law
titleAlludesTo Shulchan Aruch as the set table
titleMeaning Tablecloth
usedBy halakhic decisors
rabbinic courts
students of Jewish law
workType annotations
glosses

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Shulchan Aruch
commentaryTitle
Shulchan Aruch
followedBy
Moshe Isserles ("HaMapah")
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