On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:20:11PM -0600, Lisa Liel wrote: : If this is correct, what would the status of the Aruch HaShulchan be? The kitzur haShelah was put out in 1693 by a different RYME, who lived in Germany and died in 1706. Well before the R YM Epstein who wrote the AhS. Tir'u baTov! -Micha