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Chayei Adam (??? ??? "The Life of Man") is a work of Jewish law
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
 by Rabbi Avraham Danzig
Avraham Danzig

Rabbi Avraham Danzig was a Posek and Halakha#Codes of Jewish law, best known as the author of the works of halakha Chayei Adam and Chochmas Adam; he is sometimes referred to as "the Chayei Adam"....
 (1748–1820), dealing with the laws discussed in the Orach Chayim
Orach Chayim

Orach Chayim is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha , Arba'ah Turim. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law primarily pertinent to the Hebrew calendar ....
 section of the Shulchan Aruch
Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch is a codification, or written manual, of halacha , composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the 16th century. Together with its commentaries, it is considered the most authoritative compilation of halakha since the Talmud....
. It is divided into 224 sections - 69 dealing with daily conduct and prayer, and 155 with Shabbos
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 (Sabbath) and Yom Tov (holidays).

Chayei Adam was intended primarily "for the cultured layman
Layman

The term "layman" originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge....
", as opposed to rabbinic scholars, and the work is thus presented in a readily accessible form.






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Chayei Adam (??? ??? "The Life of Man") is a work of Jewish law
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
 by Rabbi Avraham Danzig
Avraham Danzig

Rabbi Avraham Danzig was a Posek and Halakha#Codes of Jewish law, best known as the author of the works of halakha Chayei Adam and Chochmas Adam; he is sometimes referred to as "the Chayei Adam"....
 (1748–1820), dealing with the laws discussed in the Orach Chayim
Orach Chayim

Orach Chayim is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha , Arba'ah Turim. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law primarily pertinent to the Hebrew calendar ....
 section of the Shulchan Aruch
Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch is a codification, or written manual, of halacha , composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the 16th century. Together with its commentaries, it is considered the most authoritative compilation of halakha since the Talmud....
. It is divided into 224 sections - 69 dealing with daily conduct and prayer, and 155 with Shabbos
Shabbat

Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
 (Sabbath) and Yom Tov (holidays).

Chayei Adam was intended primarily "for the cultured layman
Layman

The term "layman" originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge....
", as opposed to rabbinic scholars, and the work is thus presented in a readily accessible form. In many cities, societies were formed for the purpose of studying Chayei Adam.

In this work, Rabbi Danzig collected and critically sifted the Acharonic
Acharonim

Acharonim is a term used in Halakha and history, to signify the leading rabbis and Posek living from roughly the 16th century to the present....
 material in the field of the Halakha written in the more than two and a half centuries since the appearance of the Shulchan Aruch
Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch is a codification, or written manual, of halacha , composed by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the 16th century. Together with its commentaries, it is considered the most authoritative compilation of halakha since the Talmud....
. A parallel work Nishmas Adam, published together with Chayei Adam, discusses the halachic issues in greater depth. The two are usually printed together.

The scholarship of the work is evidenced by the fact that Rabbi Chaim Volozhin
Chaim Volozhin

Rabbi Chaim Ben Yitzchok or Chaim Volozhin was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as Reb Chaim Volozhiner, or simply Reb Chaim, he was born in Valo?yn when it was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and died there while it was under the control of the Russian Empire....
, known for his opposition to "digests of halacha", granted the work his approbation (on condition that each section be cross-referenced to the Shulkhan Arukh to allow for further study). The rulings of the Chayei Adam are often cited in later works, especially the Mishnah Berurah
Mishnah Berurah

Mishnah Berurah is a work of halakha by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, better known as The Yisrael Meir Kagan . It is a commentary on Orach Chayim, the first section of the Shulchan Aruch , summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim on that work....
.