Maran

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Maran is an honorific title most famously associated with Rabbi Yosef Karo, the preeminent 16th-century halachic authority and author of the Shulchan Aruch.

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Label Occurrences
Maran canonical 3

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
appliedTo leading halachic decisors
preeminent Torah scholars
associatedWith Yosef Karo
surface form: Rabbi Yosef Karo
associatedWithRole halachic authority
posek
associatedWithWork Shulchan Aruch
connotation great rabbinic authority
culturalRegion European Jewry
surface form: Jewish communities of the Mediterranean

Mizrahi Jews
surface form: Middle Eastern Jewish communities
domain rabbinic leadership
famousUsageContext halachic literature
genderUsage primarily male rabbis
honorificFor halachic authorities
honorificFunction acknowledge supreme authority in halacha
express reverence
honorificLevel very high
languageOfOrigin Hebrew
meaningApproximation our master
notableBearer Yosef Karo
surface form: Rabbi Yosef Karo
religiousTradition Judaism
timePeriodOfFamousUsage 16th century
titleOf author of the Shulchan Aruch
titleType religious honorific
usageRegister formal religious address
usedByCommunity Haredi Jews
Mizrahi Jews
Sephardi Jews
usedIn Jewish religious context

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