Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)
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Rabbi
Joseph Karo
Artistic conception of Karo's appearance. Painting of 19th century
Title
הַמְחַבֵּרHaMechaber מָרַןMaran
Personal
Born
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
1488
Toledo, Kingdom of Toledo, Crown of Castile
Died
March 24, 1575
Safed, Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Religion
Judaism
Signature
Buried
Safed, Israel
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.),[1][2] was the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulhan Arukh. To this end he is often referred to as HaMechaber or "The Author" (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר) and as Maran or "Our Master" (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מָרַן).[3]
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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was the author of the last great...
opinion of one man, not the consensus of Jewish thought then or now." JosephKaro of Toledo (1488–1575), in his Kabbalistic work Maggid Mesharim "Sermonizer...
Judaism. It was authored in Safed, Ottoman Syria (today in Israel) by JosephKaro in 1563 and published in Venice two years later. Together with its commentaries...
Jerusalem. He was the uncle and teacher of Rabbi JosephKaro, author of the Shulchan Aruch. Rabbi Karo studied under Rabbi Isaac Canpanton in Toledo. Eventually...
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were also leading legal figures in Judaism, such as Nachmanides and JosephKaro. Medieval kabbalah elaborates particular reasons for each Biblical mitzvah...
Righteousness"), published in 1646, is a mystical diary, in which Rabbi JosephKaro during a period of fifty years recorded the nocturnal visits of the Maggid...
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("ordination") from Jacob Berab in 1538, alongside JosephKaro, Cordovero's teacher of halakha, Moses ben Joseph di Trani, Yosef Sagis, and Moshe Alshich. As...
(1970). The Golden Dawn. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 0-87542-663-8. Dan, Joseph, ed. (1986). The Early Kabbalah. Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0809127696. Fries...
authoritative codifications - the 1565 Shulchan Aruch, or "Set Table", by Rabbi JosephKaro. This work gained canonical status and became almost synonymous, with...
21:29, Is 1:3, &c." Literally, "my husband". This is the formulation of JosephKaro (SA YD 276:9). Maimonides (MT Yesodei haTorah 6:2), Jacob ben Asher (AT...
16th century mystical renaissance in Safed, led by Moshe Cordovero, JosephKaro and Isaac Luria, made Kabbalistic study a popular goal of Jewish students...
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Kimhi, Hasdai Crescas, Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (early 14th century), Joseph Albo, Abraham ibn Daud and Leon of Modena. Among the Geonim, Hai Gaon argued...
a young boy Hayyim Vital was educated by the scholar Moshe Alshich. JosephKaro is said to have paid special attention to Vital's early talents and in...
into the Golden Dawn Tradition. Llewellyn. ISBN 978-1-56718-136-4. Dan, Joseph (2007). Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford. ISBN 978-0195327052...
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to complaints over husbands taking additional wives. According to R. JosephKaro (16th century author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the...
bonds (Psalms 116:16), and as revealed in: A decree He declared it for Joseph. … 'I delivered his shoulder from the burden his palms were loosed from...
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