Kesef Mishneh

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commentary on Mishneh Torah halachic commentary rabbinic work

Kesef Mishneh is a classic halachic commentary by Rabbi Yosef Karo on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, clarifying its sources and resolving apparent contradictions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kesef Mishneh canonical	6
Kesef Mishnah	1
Silver of Mishneh	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commentary on Mishneh Torah ⓘ halachic commentary ⓘ rabbinic work ⓘ
aimsTo	identify Talmudic sources for Mishneh Torah ⓘ resolve apparent contradictions in Mishneh Torah ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Kesef Mishneh ⓘ surface form: Kesef Mishnah
associatedWith	Yosef Karo’s halachic oeuvre ⓘ
audience	advanced Torah scholars ⓘ poskim ⓘ
author	Yosef Karo ⓘ
canonicalStatus	standard commentary on Mishneh Torah ⓘ
clarifies	Maimonides’ rulings where sources are not explicit ⓘ halachic rulings of Maimonides ⓘ sources of Mishneh Torah ⓘ
commentaryOn	Maimonides ⓘ Mishneh Torah ⓘ
genre	halachic exegesis ⓘ legal commentary ⓘ
influenced	Beit Yosef ⓘ later Mishneh Torah commentaries ⓘ
influencedBy	Maimonides ⓘ Rishonim ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
methodology	analysis of earlier halachic authorities ⓘ comparison with Talmudic sugyot ⓘ
movement	Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
nameMeaning	Kesef Mishneh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Silver of Mishneh
partOf	Mishneh Torah commentary tradition ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Ottoman Empire ⓘ Safed ⓘ
primaryFocus	Jewish law ⓘ halakha ⓘ
relatedWork	Beit Yosef ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
religiousStatus	classic sefer ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
studiedIn	kollel programs ⓘ yeshivot ⓘ
subject	Jewish legal codes ⓘ Maimonidean halakha ⓘ
timePeriod	16th century ⓘ
tradition	Sephardic halachic tradition ⓘ
usedBy	halachic authorities ⓘ yeshiva students ⓘ
usedFor	psak halakha ⓘ study of Mishneh Torah ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yosef Karo → notableWork → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Mishneh Torah → hasCommentary → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Joseph Karo → knownFor → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Joseph Karo → authored → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Joseph Karo → notableWork → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Beit Yosef → relatedWork → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

Kesef Mishneh → alternativeTitle → Kesef Mishneh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kesef Mishnah

Kesef Mishneh → nameMeaning → Kesef Mishneh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Silver of Mishneh