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Jan 1, 1175
Mishna Torah
Jewish law code written by Rambam. It was compiled between 1170 and 1180. It is split into 14 books -
Jan 1, 1300
Tur written
The Tur was written in the early 1300s by Yaakov ben Asher. It is also called the Arbah Turim. -
Jan 1, 1565
Shulchan Aruch
It was published in 1565 by R' Yosef Caro. Codified form of Jewish law. -
Shach
Written by Rabbi Shabtai HaCohen, Who was born in vilna in 1622. It is a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch. -
Taz
Commentary on Shulchan Aruch published in Lublin in 1646 -
Magen Avraham
Commentary on the Orach Chayim section of Rabbi Joseph Karo's Shulchan Aruch -
The Vilna Gaon
Also known as Elijah of Vilna, He is known as one of the greatest leaders of Jewish learning of the past few centuries. He died Oct 9, 1797 -
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
A summary of the Shulchan Aruch of Joseph Karo with reference to later commentaries. Written by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried in the mid 1800s -
Mishnah Berurah
Commentary on Aruch HaShulchan written by Chofetz Chaim.
Written in the mid 1800s -
Aruch Hashulchan
Chapter by chapter restatement of the Shulchan Aruch. Written by rabbi Yechiel Michiel Epstein