<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: times, serif; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(Shavua Tov. Reposting this to Avodah from Areivim as per moderator's request.)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For those who use the Aruch Hashulchan to learn and review halachah, I'm pleased to announce that the Levush is now available online for the missing parts of Yoreh Deah. The AHS itself was styled after the Levush, and while there are very important differences between the two, learning the Levush is certainly one good to review the chapters that are missing in the AHS.
The Levush is a wonderful work for the general study and review of halachah, though nowadays it is often neglected for that purpose, and it would be wonderful if this might be a small way to revive its usage.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The digital online edition of the Levush Ateres Zahav on Yoreh Deah is similar to the online AHS, including simple and extremely convenient navigation, full punctuation, division into paragraphs, and direct hyperlinks to sources. Additionally, the digital edition of each chapter includes an image of the printed page from the edition published in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_0" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">Prague</span>, 1609 (one of the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_1" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">early
editions</span> published during the lifetime of the author). Credit and thanks go to the wonderful <a target="_blank" href="http://hebrewbooks.org/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_2" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">HebrewBooks.org</span></a> project for making that scanned edition freely available online.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The texts currently available are those parts of Yoreh Deah which do not appear in the Arukh Hashulchan:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1. The Laws of Aku"m (simanim 123-182), including Yayin Nesekh, Avodas Kochavim, Ribbis, and Chukos ha-Aku"m. This important section of the
Aruch Hashulchan was never published and ultimately lost. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. Hilkhos Terumos and Ma`seros (simanim 331-332). These are purposely missing in the AHS, because the author decided to leave them out in order to fully deal with them later in the Aruch Hashulchan He-Asid. There is, however, some value in learning them in their context within Yoreh Deah (especially for those who want to learn Yoreh Deah in its entirety), and thus their availability now in the Levush.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In the future I hope to complete two remaining projects:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1. Levush on Hilchos Nedarim and Shavuos (simanim 203-239). This part was missing in the original edition that appeared in the lifetime of the author (he apparently didn't have the opportunity to publish it). It was finally published in 1992 by Rabbi Dr. Simchah Fishbane from the author's manuscript. However, only one of the many editions of the Aruch Hashulchan contains it, so having the Levush in a convenient online format would be a useful substitute for those (including myself) who do not own that particular edition.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2. Aruch Hashulchan on Hilchos Niddah. The AHS is very full on these halachos, and it would also of course be
of great practical value.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Besides the above, the AHS on Orach <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_3" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">Chaim</span> has been available in its entirety for some time already, as have large and significant parts of Yoreh Deah. Full indices for Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah are at the following links:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:OH"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_4" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:OH</span></a> (Orach Chaim)</div><div
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:YD"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_5" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/AHS:YD</span></a> (Yoreh Deah)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/LEV:YD"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_6" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">http://he.wikisource.org/wiki/LEV:YD</span></a> (Levush on Yoreh Deah)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As always, the ultimate purpose of all these texts is to provide a tool that makes a serious review of halachah easier, more convenient, and
more fruitful. The tool is free to use by anyone for any purpose.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Readers are of course invited to add their own texts as well. Even a single edited siman is welcome.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Also, I would like to make contact with Rabbi Dr. Simchah Fishbane. If anyone can provide assistance I would be grateful.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Levush on these sections is dedicated to the memory Rivkah Zuckerman Matityah bat Yeshaya Halevi and
Tirtzel of Har Homah, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_7" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); ">Jerusalem</span>, whose shloshim will be <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1290873402_8" style="color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer; ">this coming Monday</span> (22 Kislev). She was a still-young woman who did an incredible amount of good for others before her life was cut short, a rare combination of idealism and zeal mixed with tolerance and kindness. May her parents, husband and children be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. More here: </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://coffeeandchemo.blogspot.com/">http://coffeeandchemo.blogspot.com/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div
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