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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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*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 | ||
