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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==