Volume 1

Orach Chayim (אורח חיים, “The Path of Life”)

Chapter 1 – Rising in the Morning
Chapter 2 – Washing Your Hands in the Morning
Chapter 3 – Dressing and Manner of Walking
Chapter 4 – Decency in the Bathroom
Chapter 5 – Cleanliness of the Place for Holy Purposes
Chapter 6 – Benedictions, etc.
Chapter 7 – Morning Benedictions
Chapter 8 – Things Forbidden from Dawn until after Prayers
Chapter 9 – Tzitsis (fringes)
Chapter 10 – Tefillin (Phylacteries)
Chapter 11 – Mezuzah [or Mezuzot] (Small, Prayer Scrolls Rolled up to Place on Doorways, Entryways and Gates)
Chapter 12 – Purity of Body, and Places for Holding Services
Chapter 13 – The Sanctity of the Synagogue and the House of Study
Chapter 14 – Pesuke Dezimerah (Special Verses of Psalms)
Chapter 15 – Kaddish (a hymn of praises to G-d), Barhu (bless ye), Minyan (Quorum of Ten Male Adults) and Hazan (cantor of a synagogue)
Chapter 16 – Shema (Three Portions of the Holy Scriptures in Deuteronomy and Numbers) and its Benedictions
Chapter 17 – Reading of Shema (Three Portions of the Holy Scriptures in Deuteronomy and Numbers; One of Only Two Prayers That are Specifically Commanded in Torah)
Chapter 18 – Shemoneh Esreh (eighteen; silent prayer)
Chapter 19 – Mashiv Haruah (prayer praising G-d as the source of rain) and Tal Umatar (Rain and Dew liturgy)
Chapter 20 – the Hazan’s (cantor of a synagogue) Repetition of the Shemoneh Esreh (eighteen; silent prayer)
Chapter 21 – Making up of Omitted Prayers
Chapter 22 – Tahanun (Petition of Grace)
Chapter 23 – the Reading of Torah
Chapter 24 – Errors and Defects in a Sefer Torah
Chapter 25 – Ashrei (a prayer that is recited at least three times daily in Jewish prayers) and Uva Letziyon (Hebrew opening words and the name of the closing)
Chapter 26 – Mourner’s Kaddish (a hymn of praises to G-d)
Chapter 27 – Study of Torah
Chapter 28 – Scroll and Other Holy Books
Chapter 29 – Moral Laws
Chapter 31 – Man’s Intentions
Chapter 32 – Rules Concerning Physical Wellbeing
Chapter 33 – Forbidding Things That Are Dangerous
Chapter 34 – Charity
Chapter 35 – Separation of Hallah (challah; bread)
Chapter 36 – Salting of Meat
Chapter 37 – Immersion of Vessels
Chapter 38 – Bread, Cooked Food, and Milk of a Non-Jew
Chapter 39 – Eating and Drinking Before Regular Meals
Chapter 40 – Washing Your Hands Before Meals
Chapter 41 – Breaking of Bread and Hamotzi (blessing over bread)
Chapter 42 – Meals
Chapter 43 – Benedictions over Special Courses During Meals
Chapter 44 –Washing of Hands and Saying of Grace After Meals
Chapter 45 – Normal Grace (of Three or More)
Chapter 46 – Forbidden Foods
Chapter 47 – Non-Jewish Wine and Making Vessels Fit for Use