Editing Moses Isserles (section)

===''Darkhei Moshe''===
'''''[[Darkhei Moshe (book)|Darkhei Moshe]]''''' (דרכי משה) is a commentary on the ''[[Arba'ah Turim|Tur]]'' as well as on the ''[[Shulkhan Aruch#Beth Yosef|Beth Yosef]]'', which is Yosef Karo's commentary on the ''Tur'' and the work underlying the ''Shulkhan Aruch''. Isserles had originally intended the ''Darkhei Moshe'' to serve as a basis for subsequent ''halakhic'' decisions. As such, in this work he evaluates the rulings of the ''Tur''—which was widely accepted among the [[Ashkenazi]]m and [[Sephardi]]m—comparing these with rulings of other [[posek|''halakhic'' authorities]]. The ''Beth Yosef'' was published while Isserles was at work on the ''Darkhei Moshe''. Recognizing that Karo's commentary largely met his objectives, Isserles published the ''Darkhei Moshe'' in a modified form. "In publishing the דרכי משה, R. Isserles rendered a great service to Ashkenazic Jewry, for he reestablished its Talmudic authorities as the deciding factor in determining a law."<ref>Siev 1943, p. 63.</ref> An abridgement of the original work is published with the ''Tur''; the complete version of the ''Darkhei Moshe'' is published separately.