Shalom all A question regarding subject headings for books which encompass a large section of halacha-
In LCSH there are many specific subjects with "(Jewish law)" appended. Presumably many more are just waiting to be established. Some are based on general legal terms such as "Child support (Jewish law)" and some are uniquely Jewish such as "Bal tashhit (Jewish law)" But halachic literature is also commonly divided into large sections, usually based on the four sections of the Tur/Shulhan arukh - thus for example a book may be on "the laws of yoreh de'ah" as a subject grouping - without being a work on the shulhan arukh yoreh de'ah (so a 600 author/title/part subject is not justified). And 'laws of yoreh de'ah' includes kashrut, family purity, mourning, charity, and many more topics. What subject heading(s) do you assign to such works. It seems that something like "Jewish law - yoreh deah topics" makes sense but is probably not a kosher approach. Any suggestions? Best wishes Elhanan Elhanan Adler Email: elhan...@savion.huji.ac.il, elha...@libnet.ac.il Mobile tel.: 972-54-6829657 Tel. (home) 972-2-6515977 Fax (home): 972-2-6517129
