Rabbi yosef karo biography definition

  • rabbi yosef karo biography definition

    • Joseph Karo

    Not to be confused with Joseph Kara.

    Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (1488–1575)

    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.[3] Karo is regarded as the preeminent halakhic authority of his time,[4] and is often referred to by the honorific titles HaMechaber (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר, lit. 'the author') and Maran (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מָרַן, lit. 'our master').[5]

    Biography

    Joseph Karo was born in Toledo, Spain, in 1488.[5] In 1492, aged four, he was expelled from Spain with his family as a result of the Alhambra Decree and subsequently settled in the Kingdom of Portugal.[6] Following his