Who wrote the Shulchan Aruch

The Shuchan Aruch was written by Rav Yosef Cairo. The Shulchan Aruch Harav (kind like kitzur shulchen aruch) was written by the Alter rebbe.

The title page of the Shulchan Aruch Harav only says “Shulchan Aruch”. Harav is only added to distinguish between them when nessasary.

The title page of the Shulchan Aruch Harav only says “Shulchan Aruch”.

Hence the necessity for authors to get the exclusives rights to the names of their work nowadays.

chad pami:

You misunderstood me. Their names are mentioned in the title page but both works are simply titled “Shulchan Aruch” If I were to make a statement that “the Baal Hatanya writes in the Shulchan Aruch that…” I would not include the word “Harav”

There’s an edition of the Mishna Brura with a commentary by Rabbi Avrohom Noach Klein that notes every halachic difference between the psak din of the Chabad Shulchan Aruch and the Mishna Brura. Before the M’B was published, Polish chasidim used Shulchan Aruch Harav as their primary source of psak halocho. Thoday almost everybody but Chabad uses the Mishna Brura. Many of the differences are purely chasidic in nature. Basically the Baal HaTanya wanted to make a chasidic kitzur.

in none of these communities is the Mishne berura the posske of last resort maybe but the Mishne Berura is by far the first resource. If I a Hungarian needs to know a Halacha right now,I head for my Mishna Berura. Only when I found out that things ain’t that simple and I need further guidance does my heritage come into play.

A lot of communities follow the Aruch HaShulchan, written by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein z’tz’l, in preference to the Mishnah Berurah, a position endorsed by Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin z’tz’l. Unlike the Mishnah Berurah or the Kitzer Shulchan Aruch, it covers most of the halachah of the (original) Shulchan Aruch.

While many yeshivish circles paskin like the aruch hashulchan, who often is at odds with the mishene brura, most american yeshiva grads and rabbonim paskin almost straight mishne brura. I have yet to see a “black hat” shul or chasidish shul without a mishne brura. Every kolel which learns halocho has MB as the secondary resource, after Tur, as the source for the mechaber. Rav Moshe Feinstein generally went with aruch hashulchan because he said that the author was a rov and has special seyato dishmayo that rabbonim have not to make mistakes while, although the chofetz chaim was a great gaon, he was considered by litvakin as just a talmid chochom baal habos. I heard this from Rav Yakov Kaminetsky. I can’t believe that anyone can argue that the MB in our generation, is the prime resource for a baal habos to look up a quick fix halocho answer. Across all communities and heritages.

Perhaps, but that only leads the question back to why was it translated before the aruch hashulchan.

mdd

“those who need an English translation of the MB do not medakdek in Halocha in the first place.”

Wow you really should get off your high horse! Not everybody makes a great reading of Hebrew seforim, that doesnt make them someone not medakdek in Halacha! Besides there are people who can read some Hebrew but not all or it takes them very long and to spend a half hour to try to figure out what a MB is saying may be very discouraging. Additionally there are many in the BT community who cant read Hebrew well yet. They care plenty about Halacha but feel handicapped with their lack of Hebrew reading skills.

” that only leads the question back to why was it translated before the aruch hashulchan”

Well for one thing it is MUCH shorter! It only covers 1/4 of the Shulchan Aruch. And the author of AHS restates the Shulchan Aruch in his own language, the MB is in the form of a separate commentary.

Dayan Michael Broyde is currently directing a project to translate the Aurch HaShulchan.

There is no such thing as a perfect translation that can convey the meaning, nuance and spirit of the original. I hope no one would suggest that we learn chumash from an English translation and ditch the original. Therefore, those who do not have a good understanding of rabbinic Hebrew cannot fully appreciate halachic nuances that are inevitably “lost in translation”. Instead of relying on these translations and feeling that this is enough, do your utmost to learn the original;there is no adequate substitute.

Am I a ????? ?? ???? ????? if I doubt the quote from Reb Moshe Z”tl?

What is the special seyato dishmayo ????? ????? granted a Rav? Zchus Harabim? Navardok the seat of the Aruch HAshulchan may have been a large kehila. Was it a larger tzibur than those who follow the Mishna Beura? Btw Reb Moshe Z’tl himself was no longer a Rav when he was THE Posek Hador. The Pri Megadim became a Rav in the last decade of his life after he completed his Sefarim http://revach.net/stories/gedolim-biographies/Rav-Yosef-Teumim-The-Pri-Megadim-Holds/3711

Reb Efraim Zalmen Margolies was not a Rav. The ???”? Was a Rav for a short time. His quip ??? ???? ??”? is well known. Correct me but I seem to remember that the Chazon Ish did not have ???? ?????

Rav Henkin Became Rav Henkin After serving as rabbi and Yeshiva head in a number of Russian towns, and emigrating to America in 1922 and in 1925 became Director of Ezras Torah, which provided assistance to scholars. He served in that capacity until his death

Chad Pami-

R’ Aharon certainly paskened many shaalos and held unique shaalos in halacha; he has two chalakim of teshuvos (Teshuvos Mishnas Reb Aharon), some very fascinating. Though primarily he certainly was the father of all Roshey Yeshivos

Rav Elyashev too is not a Rov, yet is the Posek HaDor.

“It’s true it’s only on Orach Chaim”

That was what I meant when I said it was shorter.

But it lav davka contains less words. And that’s what matters.

And there is a significant segment of the ashkenazi Charedin who consider Harav Wosner the ???? ????