The bottom line first
The ruling stated plainly in clear English, siman by siman.
Halacha · In print
תמצית ערוך השולחן
Tamtzis Aruch HaShulchan
Orach Chaim · Choshen Mishpat · Yoreh De’ah · Even HaEzer
The practical ruling of the Aruch HaShulchan, distilled siman by siman into plain English — seven volumes covering daily conduct and prayer, Shabbos and the festivals, monetary law, kashrus, taharah, the laws of mourning, and the whole of Even HaEzer.
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Each point carries the source it comes from, for the learner who wants to look further.
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In print
All 7 volumes. Printed and shipped by Amazon.
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Orach Chaim · Volume 1
Softcover · Kindle · 8 × 10 in
The practical ruling of the Aruch HaShulchan on daily conduct and prayer, distilled siman by siman into plain English.
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Orach Chaim · Volume 2
Softcover · Kindle · 8 × 10 in
Shabbos, the festivals and the yearly cycle, in the same distilled form — the ruling first, the reasoning where it matters.
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Choshen Mishpat · Volume I
Hardcover · Paperback · Kindle · 8 × 10 in
Monetary law made usable: judges and courts, loans, claims and testimony, with See-Also links to the Pischei Teshuva and Pischei Choshen.
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Choshen Mishpat · Volume II
Hardcover · Paperback · Kindle · 8 × 10 in
Partnership, hired work, damages, inheritance and neighbours — the second half of Choshen Mishpat in the same practical digest.
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Yoreh De’ah · Volume I
Hardcover · Softcover
Shechitah, treifos, melichah, basar b’chalav, ta’aroves and the laws of niddah and mikvaos — the ruling of the Aruch HaShulchan, stated plainly.
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Yoreh De’ah · Volume II
Hardcover · Softcover
Vows and oaths, tzedakah, milah, sifrei Torah and the complete laws of mourning, in the same practical digest.
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Even HaEzer · Complete in One Volume
Hardcover · 7 × 10 in
The whole of Even HaEzer in a single volume — kiddushin and kesubos, gittin and its shemos, yibum and chalitzah — with notes from the Pischei Teshuva, Igros Moshe, Chochmas Adam and the Get Mesudar.
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ערוך השולחן · אורח חיים
Aruch HaShulchan · Orach Chaim
Volume 1 · Simanim 1–57
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ערוך השולחן · הלכות איסור והיתר
Aruch HaShulchan · Issur v’Heter
The Kornitzer Family Edition
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ערוך השולחן · פסח
Aruch HaShulchan · Pesach
Nissan and chametz · matzah and Erev Pesach · the Seder, Sefirah and Shavuos
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ערוך השולחן · תשרי
Aruch HaShulchan · The Days of Awe & Sukkos
The Sztokfisz Edition
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