The Shulchan Aruch, often called "the Code of Jewish Law", is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Rabbinic Judaism. It was authored in the city of Safed by Joseph Karo in 1563 and

The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is a compendium of Halakha written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried that summarizes the Shulchan Aruch—mainly the sections "Orach Chayim" and "Yoreh De'ah"—and deals with the laws o