12 Facts About Shulchan Aruch

Shulchan Aruch, sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.

Halachic rulings in the Shulchan Aruch generally follow Sephardic law and customs, whereas Ashkenazi Jews generally follow the halachic rulings of Moses Isserles, whose glosses to the Shulchan Aruch note where the Sephardic and Ashkenazi customs differ.

Shulchan Aruch follow the same structure as Arba'ah Turim by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher.

References are given in two ways; those to the Shulchan Aruch are found in the later work Be'er ha-Golah, and those to Isserles' work are in brackets after the latter's comments.

Shulchan Aruch is largely based on an earlier work by Karo, titled Beit Yosef.

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Shulchan Aruch concludes that this would then account for those seemingly self-contradictory instances in the Shulchan Aruch.

Shulchan Aruch follows Maimonides' example, as seen in Mishneh Torah, rather than that of Jacob ben Asher, who seldom decides between ancient authorities.

The Rema added his glosses and published them as a commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, specifying whenever the Sephardic and Ashkenazic customs differ.

Shulchan Aruch never refers to it in his responsa, but always to the Beit Yosef.

The Shulchan Aruch achieved its reputation and popularity not only against the wishes of the author, but, perhaps, through the very scholars who criticized it.

Danzig's and Ganzfried's works do not follow the structure of the Shulchan Aruch, but given their single-voiced approach, are considered easier to follow for those with less background in halacha.

Sections of the Shulchan Aruch are studied in many Jewish schools throughout the world on a daily basis.