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==Important Announcements== | ==Important Announcements== | ||
Feel free to add whatever you know and others will fill in the gaps but there's three simple things to keep in mind: | Feel free to add whatever you know and others will fill in the gaps but there's three simple things to keep in mind: | ||
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# For Halachipedia it's the priority is to learn the bottom line halacha from prominent sources. Pracitcally, one can go about this several ways. | # For Halachipedia it's the priority is to learn the bottom line halacha from prominent sources. Pracitcally, one can go about this several ways. | ||
# One way is to read an English Halacha Book (like those put out by Artscoll and Feldheim), then summarize the most important points of each chapter, and then to find either in the footnotes or in the back of the book the source for each halacha. (If there's no way of finding the source one can just quote that English book one is reading). | # One way is to read an English Halacha Book (like those put out by Artscoll and Feldheim), then summarize the most important points of each chapter, and then to find either in the footnotes or in the back of the book the source for each halacha. (If there's no way of finding the source one can just quote that English book one is reading). | ||
# Another way is to intensely learn the entire sugya from the gemara, rishonim, tur, bet yosef, shulchan aruch, | # Another way is to intensely learn the entire sugya from the gemara, rishonim, tur, bet yosef, shulchan aruch, Magen avraham, taz, pri megadim, and other important sources and then to write the bottom line halachas. In the sources one would be highly encouraged to summarize the breakdown of the sugya and how it developed from the gemara to the bottom line. | ||
==Writing the sources== | ==Writing the sources== | ||
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# It should go without saying that it must be a legitimate (Orthodox) posek. | # It should go without saying that it must be a legitimate (Orthodox) posek. | ||
# For writing the source of a halacha it's better to have the Mishna Brurah than the Mishna Torah (even though it's impossible to compare the Chafetz Chaim to the Rambam) simply because halacha follows the later opinions and contemporary poskim. | # For writing the source of a halacha it's better to have the Mishna Brurah than the Mishna Torah (even though it's impossible to compare the Chafetz Chaim to the Rambam) simply because halacha follows the later opinions and contemporary poskim. | ||
# What about an oral source? For now Halachipedia's policy is not to accept oral rulings of a posek by word of mouth unless it is documented in a book, published website, or the oral ruling can be found in a shuir that's online. However, we will not accept a user's word that a certain posek said something because there's too much room for error and other issues. | # What about an oral source? For now Halachipedia's policy is not to accept oral rulings of a posek by word of mouth unless it is documented in a book, published website, or the oral ruling can be found in a shuir that's online. However, we will not accept a user's word that a certain posek said something because there's too much room for error and other issues. | ||
# If you don't have access to Seforim don't worry, there's plenty of free seforim online b"h. Here's a listing of a few: | |||
* [http://www.toratemetfreeware.com/kitsur_yalkut_yossef.htm Kitzur Yalkut Yosef] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14170 Mishna Brurah vol 1] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14164 Mishna Brurah vol 2] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14171 Mishna Brurah vol 3] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/40448 Mishna Brurah vol 4] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14165 Mishna Brurah vol 5] | |||
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14166 Mishna Brurah vol 6] | |||
==Ashkenazic versus Sephardic== | ==Ashkenazic versus Sephardic== | ||
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*Therefore, the first thing to do is decide where your halachik article would belong within our topical categories as displayed on the left sidebar. | *Therefore, the first thing to do is decide where your halachik article would belong within our topical categories as displayed on the left sidebar. | ||
** For instance, “The Laws of Shema” would fall within the “Prayer” category. | ** For instance, “The Laws of Shema” would fall within the “Prayer” category. | ||
*Next, you need to create the link. To do this, click the edit tab towards the top of the page. From here you’ll see a large editable text box with all sorts of strange looking coding symbols. Find where you should add your link and surround the title with double | *Next, you need to create the link. To do this, click the edit tab towards the top of the page. From here you’ll see a large editable text box with all sorts of strange looking coding symbols. Find where you should add your link and surround the title with double brackets | ||
** For instance <nowiki>[[Laws of Shema]]</nowiki> = [[Laws of Shema]] | ** For instance <nowiki>[[Laws of Shema]]</nowiki> = [[Laws of Shema]] | ||
* A red link means that it's an empty page, which you can then click on and add content | * A red link means that it's an empty page, which you can then click on and add content | ||
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