Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish...
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Shulchan Aruch (redirect from Beis Yosef)
Arba'ah Turim, Darkhei Moshe, at about the same time as Yosef Karo. Karo finished his work "Bet Yosef" first, and it was first presented to the Rema as a...
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this shiur, Yosef dissented many times with the stringent opinions of the Ben Ish Hai, who preferred the rulings of the Ari zal over Yosef Karo. This was...
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Beit Yosef (Hebrew: בית יוסף) (also transliterated Beth Yosef), written by Rabbi Joseph Karo, is a long and detailed commentary on the Halakhic code Arba'ah...
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form of semikhah, and ordained several other rabbis, including Rabbi Yosef Karo. However, this attempt was controversial, and in any case the chain of...
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"Maran Beth Yosef", Yosef Karo. In fact, when used without further qualification, Maran typically refers to Karo. Amongst contemporary rabbis, Yosef Shalom...
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authority and Posek, author of HaMapah component of the Shulkhan Arukh Yosef Karo (the Mechaber) (1488–1575), Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier...
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scholar and was approached by many other well-known rabbis, including Yosef Karo, for Halachic decisions. He was one of the greatest Jewish scholars of...
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Jewish law related to marriage, divorce, and sexual conduct. Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law,...
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December 15 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (d. 1550) date unknown Rabbi Yosef Karo, Spanish Jewish scholar (d. 1575) Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer...
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