Shulkhan Arukh

The Shulchan Aruch or Shulkhan Arukh (Hebrew: שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּך‬, literally: "Set Table" or "Ready Table"), also known by various Jewish communities but not all as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism. It was authored in Safed (today in Israel) by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later. Together with its commentaries, it is the most widely accepted compilation of Jewish law ever written.

Shulkhan Arukh in "The R-Strain"
The Shulkhan Arukh (Ready Table) of Joseph Karo was a valuable tool for Rabbi Aaron Kaplan, who had set out to determine whether the R-Strain, a genetically engineered cud-chewing pig, could be considered kosher.