Shulhan Arukh

or Shul·han A·ruk, Shul·han A·ruch

[ Sephardic Hebrew shool-khahn ah-rookh; Ashkenazic Hebrew shool-khuhn aw-rookh; English shool-kuhn aw-ruhk ]

noun

1. an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.

Example Sentences

The Shulhan Arukh became the substructure for the further development of Polish rabbinism.

From Project Gutenberg

Still others wrote annotations and supplements to the Shulhan Arukh.

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