My Hebrew is rusty and my knowledge of all the halachot is equally rusty. I want to take on a new project to complete either one of those compilations.
For someone coming from a Sephardic heritage, which compilation would be better suited for gaining a practical and comprehensive know-how of the dos and don'ts of Judaism?
What are the major differences between the two compilations?
Or would it be even better to start with the original Shulchan Aruch?
Answer
Coming from a similar background, I highly recommend Yalqut Yosef as a first stop as opposed to Mishneh Torah or Shulhhan Arukh. In contrast to Mishneh Torah and Shulhhan Arukh, Yalqut Yosef - having been written relatively recently - has modern examples that are more practical to the Ba'al Teshuva.
If you can manage in Hebrew, the Yalqut Yosef Kitzur Shulhhan Arukh is fantastic (available online here). For brevity, however, it does not always go into long explanations on rulings. For that, you could tackle the full Yalqut Yosef (some of which has also been translated into English - Shabbat, for example). Unfortunately, the 2-volume Kitzur has not yet been translated to my knowledge.
Good luck!
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