The Halacha Yomis Program (or ''Halacha Yomit'', as it is known in Israel) is a learning program which covers the entire
Shulchan Aruch
The ''Shulhan Arukh'' ( ),, often called "the Code of Jewish Law", is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Rabbinic Judaism. It was authored in the city of Safed in what is now Israel by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in ...
Orach Chaim followed by the
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. The cycle takes about 4 years to complete. Every day, Jewish participants study 3 se’ifim (subsections) of Shulchan Aruch or 5 se’ifim of Kitzur.
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is covered in addition to Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim to include the generally applicable halachas not included in Orach Chaim.
History
The Halacha Yomis was started circa 1950 by
Yonah Sztencl, under the guidance of many Orthodox Jewish leaders of the time, including
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz. The Halacha Yomis and the
Mishnah Yomis (also started at about the same time) were launched in the memory of the six million Jews that were murdered in
the Holocaust
The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...
.
Breslov ''hasidim'' have a similar practice to daily review the Shulchan Aruch.
"A Day In The Life Of A Breslover"; #11:''Shulchan Arukh''
breslov.org
See also
*Other study cycles, under Torah study #Study cycles
References
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External links
OUKosher.org: Halacha Yomis
Jewish law
Jewish education