Joseph Karo

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Jewish philosopher Talmudist author halakhic authority legal scholar rabbi

Joseph Karo was a leading 16th-century rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.

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Joseph Karo canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish philosopher ⓘ
Talmudist ⓘ
author ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
authored Avkat Rochel ⓘ
Bedek HaBayit ⓘ
Beit Yosef ⓘ
Kesef Mishneh ⓘ
Maggid Meisharim ⓘ
Responsa ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
birthDate 1488 ⓘ
birthPlace Crown of Castile ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
burialPlace Old Cemetery of Safed ⓘ
Safed ⓘ
century 16th century ⓘ
citizenship Ottoman Empire ⓘ
commentaryOn Arba’ah Turim ⓘ
surface form: Arba'ah Turim

Mishneh Torah ⓘ
deathDate 1575 ⓘ
deathPlace Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Safed ⓘ
describedAs leading 16th-century rabbi and legal scholar ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews ⓘ
field Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
hasPart glosses and rulings in Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
honorificPrefix Maran ⓘ
Rabbi ⓘ
influenced Rabbi Moshe Isserles ⓘ
surface form: Moses Isserles

Sephardi halakha ⓘ
codification of Jewish law ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Alfasi ⓘ
surface form: Alfasi

Jacob ben Asher ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
Rosh ⓘ
knownFor Beit Yosef ⓘ
Kesef Mishneh ⓘ
Maggid Meisharim ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
languageOfWork Hebrew ⓘ
movement Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
name Joseph Karo self-link ⓘ
Yosef Karo ⓘ
surface form: Maran Yosef Karo

Yosef Karo ⓘ
notableWork Beit Yosef ⓘ
Kesef Mishneh ⓘ
Maggid Meisharim ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
positionHeld chief rabbi of Safed ⓘ
head of rabbinical court in Safed ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Adrianople ⓘ
Nikopol ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman Galilee

Safed ⓘ
Salonika ⓘ
spouse Hanna ⓘ
second wife (name not widely recorded) ⓘ
third wife (name not widely recorded) ⓘ
subjectOf Jewish legal studies ⓘ
rabbinic biographies ⓘ
tradition Sephardi halakhic tradition ⓘ

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Hanna → spouseName → Joseph Karo ⓘ
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