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Orach Chayim is a section of Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher

Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew language Ya'akov ben Asher, was born in Cologne, Germany in about 1269 and died in Toledo, Spain in about 1343....
's compilation of Halakha
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....
 (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim
Arba'ah Turim

Arba'ah Turim , often called simply the Tur, is an important Halakha Halakha#Codes_of_Jewish_law, composed by Jacob ben Asher . The four-part structure of the Tur and its division into chapters were adopted by the later code Shulchan Aruch....
. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law primarily pertinent to the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews, now predominantly for religious purposes. It is used to reckon the Jewish New Year and dates for Jewish holidays, and also to determine appropriate Torah reading of Torah portions, Yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses....
 (be it the daily, weekly, monthly, or annual calendar). Rabbi Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Caro, or Qaro, was author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, which is still authoritative for Orthodox Jewry....
 modeled the framework of the Shulkhan Arukh, his own compilation of practical Jewish law, after the Arba'ah Turim. Many later commentators used this framework, as well.






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Orach Chayim is a section of Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Jacob ben Asher
Jacob ben Asher

Rabbi Jacob ben Asher, in Hebrew language Ya'akov ben Asher, was born in Cologne, Germany in about 1269 and died in Toledo, Spain in about 1343....
's compilation of Halakha
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....
 (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim
Arba'ah Turim

Arba'ah Turim , often called simply the Tur, is an important Halakha Halakha#Codes_of_Jewish_law, composed by Jacob ben Asher . The four-part structure of the Tur and its division into chapters were adopted by the later code Shulchan Aruch....
. This section treats all aspects of Jewish law primarily pertinent to the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar

The Hebrew calendar or Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar used by Jews, now predominantly for religious purposes. It is used to reckon the Jewish New Year and dates for Jewish holidays, and also to determine appropriate Torah reading of Torah portions, Yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses....
 (be it the daily, weekly, monthly, or annual calendar). Rabbi Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Caro, or Qaro, was author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, which is still authoritative for Orthodox Jewry....
 modeled the framework of the Shulkhan Arukh, his own compilation of practical Jewish law, after the Arba'ah Turim. Many later commentators used this framework, as well. Thus, Orach Chayim in common usage may refer to an area of halakha, non-specific to Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation.

Orach Chayim deals with, but is not limited to:

  • Washing the hands in the morning,
  • Tefillin
    Tefillin

    Tefillin, , also called phylacteries, are a pair of black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with bible verses. The hand-tefillin, or shel yad, is worn by Jews wrapped around the arm, hand and fingers, while the head-tefillin, or shel rosh, is placed above the forehead....
     (phylacteries)
  • Tzitzit
    Tzitzit

    Tzitzit or tzitzis are "fringes" or "tassels" worn by observant Jews on the corners of four-cornered garments, including the tallit ....
     (ritual fringes),
  • prayer
    Jewish services

    Jewish services are the prayer recitations that form part of the observance of Judaism. These prayers, often with instructions and commentary, are found in the siddur, the traditional Jewish prayer book....
    ,
  • Sabbath
    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....
    ,
  • Festivals
    Jewish holiday

    A Jewish holiday or festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history....
    ,
  • Torah reading
    Torah reading

    Torah reading is a Judaism religion ritual that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Sefer Torah. The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the Torah scroll from the ark , chanting the appropriate excerpt with special cantillation, and returning the scroll to the ark....
     in synagogue
    Synagogue

    A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
    .


Famous commentaries on Orach Chayim

  • Taz
    David HaLevi Segal

    David HaLevi Segal , also known as the Taz or the Turei Zahav, was a prominent Jews of Poland halakha authority and author of a significant commentary on the Shulchan Aruch....
  • Magen Avraham
  • Beur HaGra
    Vilna Gaon

    Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew language acronym Gra , , was an exceptional Talmud, Halakha, Kabbalah, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic world Jewry of the past few centuries....
  • Pri Megadim
  • 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....