Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein

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Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein was a prominent 19th-century Lithuanian rabbi and halachic authority best known for his comprehensive legal work Aruch HaShulchan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal scholar ⓘ
Lithuanian rabbi ⓘ
Orthodox rabbi ⓘ
halachic authority ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
approachToHalakha emphasizes minhag (local custom) ⓘ
integrates Talmudic sources with practical rulings ⓘ
birthPlace Bobruisk ⓘ
linked to: Babruysk
birthRegion Russian Empire ⓘ
birthYear 1829 ⓘ
burialPlace Novogrudok ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
countryOfActivity Russian Empire ⓘ
deathPlace Novogrudok ⓘ
deathYear 1908 ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
ethnicity Ashkenazi Jew ⓘ
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews
field Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
genre halachic code ⓘ
responsa-style commentary ⓘ
influenced 20th-century poskim ⓘ
yeshiva world halachic study ⓘ
influencedBy Acharonim ⓘ
Rishonim ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
knownAs author of Aruch HaShulchan ⓘ
languageOfWriting Hebrew ⓘ
methodology organizes halakha according to Shulchan Aruch structure ⓘ
surveys Talmud, Rishonim, and Acharonim before ruling ⓘ
movement Lithuanian Jewry ⓘ
name Yechiel Michel Epstein ⓘ
Yechiel Michel ben Aharon Epstein ⓘ
Yechiel Michel ha-Levi Epstein ⓘ
notableWork Aruch HaShulchan ⓘ
Aruch HaShulchan HeAtid ⓘ
linked to: Aruch HaShulchan
occupation posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
rosh yeshiva ⓘ
rabbinicPosition rabbi of Novogrudok ⓘ
relative Rabbi Baruch Epstein ⓘ
author of Torah Temimah ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse daughter of Rabbi Eliyahu Goldberg ⓘ
statusInTradition major halachic authority in Lithuanian tradition ⓘ
widely cited in contemporary halachic literature ⓘ
teacherOf students in Novogrudok yeshiva ⓘ

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Aruch HaShulchan → author → Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein ⓘ
Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein → name → Yechiel Michel ben Aharon Epstein ⓘ
linked to: Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein