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Rabbi Joseph Karo | |
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 Artistic conception of Karo's appearance. Painting of 19th century | |
| Title | הַמְחַבֵּר HaMechaber מָרַן Maran |
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| Born | Joseph ben Ephraim Karo 1488 |
| Died | March 24, 1575 |
| Religion | Judaism |
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| Buried | Safed Old Jewish Cemetery |
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 a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulhan Arukh. Karo is regarded as the preeminent halakhic authority of his time,[3] and is often referred to by the honorific titles HaMechaber (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר, lit. 'the author') and Maran (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מָרַן, lit. 'our master').[4]
- ^ Rabbi Joseph Karo Archived 2009-01-14 at the Wayback Machine, OU
- ^ "Joseph ben Ephraim Karo | Jewish scholar | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Goldish, Matt (2008). Jewish questions: responsa on Sephardic life in the early modern period. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. pp. lxi–lxii. ISBN 978-0-691-12264-9.
- ^ Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Britannica.com