Mishnah Berurah
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Mishnah Berurah (Hebrew: "Clarified Teaching") is a work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, better known as The Chofetz Chaim (Poland, 1838 - 1933). It is a gloss to the first section of the Shulkhan Arukh (Orach Chayim) (laws of prayer, synagogue, shabbat and holidays) which summarizes the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities).
The Mishnah Beruruah is traditionally printed in 6 volumes alongside selected other commentaries. The work provides simple and current explanatory remarks and citations to daily aspects of halakha. It is widely used as a reference and is accepted as authoritative by Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jews, as well as by many other Orthodox Jews, particularly those closely associated with non-Hasidic haredi yeshivas.