Did a printed code strengthen or impoverish Halakhah?

Position A · held by Joseph Karo and Moses Isserles

Shared standard

The code and glosses made rulings accessible across a broad region. 1

Rests on: p. 245

Reads the same page as B (Independent judgment): the same source, different readings.

1. AShared standardJoseph Karo and Moses Isserles
2. BIndependent judgmentHayim of Friedberg and other critics