What is Arukh HaShulchan Yomi?

Arukh HaShulchan Yomi is a four-year daily learning program through the Arukh HaShulchan — the late-19th-century legal code of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein of Novardok — covering ritual halakhot, practical kashrut, and interpersonal mitzvot, one short portion a day.

Why learn the Arukh HaShulchan specifically?

Most codes tell you the ruling. The Arukh HaShulchan's signature is that it shows its work: for each topic it walks from the Talmudic sources through the major decisors before arriving at the law, following the structure of the Shulchan Arukh but restating everything in flowing Hebrew with the reasoning intact. For a learner, that makes it one of the most satisfying law texts there is — you don't just learn what, you learn why, and you watch a master decisor weigh the tradition in real time.

How does the cycle work?

A fixed daily portion (typically a handful of se'ifim) on a shared calendar, covering the code's practical heartland over four years — see the full Arukh HaShulchan Yomi calendar for any month. The daily unit is small enough for a few focused minutes, meaty enough to leave you with a real piece of law and its logic. It pairs well with Daf Yomi — the daf gives you the sea the rulings came from; the Arukh HaShulchan shows you where they landed.

In short: Arukh HaShulchan Yomi is four years of daily practical halakhah taught with its reasoning, from Rabbi Y.M. Epstein's beloved code.

Learn Arukh HaShulchan Yomi with Derekh Learning

Derekh prepares each day's portion as a plain-English lesson at your level, with a cited chevruta for questions. Browse Arukh HaShulchan Yomi lessons or check the calendar.