Source

Shulchan Aruch

Joseph Karo's sixteenth century code of Jewish law, traditionally printed together with the glosses of Moses Isserles that adapt it for Ashkenazi practice, remaining the standard code of Jewish law across much of Orthodox Judaism to the present. As the primary legal text itself it sits at this atlas's top tier, meaning it authoritatively records what the code states, not independent confirmation of how it is applied by any particular community today. Use it to establish what the code's actual rulings say. Its application varies by community and by later rabbinic commentary building on it, and a claim about a specific community's current practice needs a source on that community directly.

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Joseph Karo's sixteenth century code of Jewish law, traditionally printed together with the glosses of Moses Isserles, remaining the standard code of Jewish law across much of Orthodox Judaism to the present, the tradition's own primary legal text.

Notes

The standard code of Jewish law, printed with the glosses of Moses Isserles.

Citation

Author

Joseph Karo

Publication Year

1565

URL

https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Halakhah/Shulchan%20Arukh

Source Type

primary-text

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Orthodox Judaism

This source names Orthodox Judaism directly: "code of Jewish law across much of Orthodox Judaism to the present."

Source Shulchan AruchJoseph Karo

Claims Backed By This Source (274 claims)

This source backs 274 claims across the atlas. As facts: 107 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 95 holds, 1 connected. Plus 69 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Rituals, 66 claims: 16 well-attested, 25 holds, 25 general references.
Practices, 58 claims: 21 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 19 holds, 16 general references.
Religious Offices, 40 claims: 8 well-attested, 28 holds, 4 general references.
Religious Dress & Vestments, 27 claims: 16 well-attested, 3 holds, 8 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 16 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.
Denominations, 15 claims: 2 well-attested, 9 holds, 1 connected, 3 general references.
Articles, 14 claims: 14 well-attested.
Religious Roles & Titles, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
Doctrines, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 general references.
Prayers, 8 claims: 4 holds, 4 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
Artifacts & Relics, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.