Karo family

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The Karo family is a distinguished rabbinic dynasty best known for producing leading Jewish legal authorities, most notably Rabbi Joseph Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Joseph Karo 0
Shulchan Aruch 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish family
code of Jewish law
posek
rabbi
rabbinic dynasty
associatedWithPlace Ottoman Palestine NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
Safed NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
author Joseph Karo NERFINISHED
countryOfActivity Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew NERFINISHED
Sephardi Jews NERFINISHED
family Karo family NERFINISHED
fieldOfActivity Halakha NERFINISHED
Jewish law
rabbinic leadership
hasInfluenceOn Ashkenazi halakha NERFINISHED
Sephardi halakha
hasLegacy influence on Ashkenazi halakhic practice
influence on Sephardi halakhic practice
influence on codification of Jewish law
hasMemberRole halakhic codifier
posek NERFINISHED
rabbi
influencedBy Beit Yosef NERFINISHED
language Hebrew
languageOfScholarship Aramaic NERFINISHED
Hebrew
Ladino
legalSystem Halakha NERFINISHED
notableFor producing leading Jewish legal authorities
notableMember Joseph Karo NERFINISHED
notableWork Beit Yosef NERFINISHED
Shulchan Aruch NERFINISHED
occupation halakhic authority
rabbinic judge
placeOfActivity Safed NERFINISHED
religiousMovement Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
religiousRole rabbinic authorities
religiousTradition Judaism
Judaism
Judaism
timePeriod 16th century
16th century
early modern period

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Karo hasNotableRabbinicFamily Karo family