Karo biography
Karo biography
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Joseph Karo
Not to be confused with Joseph Kara.
Spanish rabbi and author on Jewish law (–)
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; – March 24, , 13 Nisan 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 [5] In , 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 father's death, Karo's uncle Isaac, an autho