The areas of Jewish Law that stir up controversy provide a clear window into the minds and lives of the people living at the time of the controversy. Rabbi Wein focuses on a few key issues debated between Rabbi Yosef Caro and his rival the Rimat. Some, like kashrus and shemitta, are amazingly familiar, while others, like the permissibility of concubines, are relics of the past. Yet no matter the bone of contention, each one is a snapshot of life amongst the Torah giants of in 16th Tsfat.