Weekly Freebies: Kitzur Yalkut Yosef

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The Kitzur Shulchan Arukh (link) by R. Shlomo Ganzfried is a classic condensation of practical Jewish law as it was practiced in mid-18th century greater Hungary. It has been adapted a few times, including R. Gersion Appel’s Concise Code of Jewish Law. R. Yitzchak Yosef’s version based on the rulings of his father, R. Ovadiah Yosef, is titled Kitzur Shulchan Arukh Yalkut Yosef and is available (without footnotes) online for free: link

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Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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  1. The Yaklut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is also available at http://www.yalkut.info/, though this one seems easier to search.

    The Yalkut Yosef Kitzur Shulchan Aruch isn’t really related to R’ Shlomo Ganzfried’s Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in content or depth. Rather, it’s all of the halachot in Yalkut Yosef from the big print at the top of the page with none of the footnotes. The halachot are divided according to simanim in the Shulchan Aruch, so there’s plenty of room for depth and detail, something that RSG’s Kitzur doesn’t lend itself to very well.

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