Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish...

Arba'ah Turim, Darkhei Moshe, at about the same time as Yosef Karo. Karo finished his work "Bet Yosef" first, and it was first presented to the Rema as a...

this shiur, Yosef dissented many times with the stringent opinions of the Ben Ish Hai, who preferred the rulings of the Ari zal over Yosef Karo. This was...

form of semikhah, and ordained several other rabbis, including Rabbi Yosef Karo. However, this attempt was controversial, and in any case the chain of...

Beit Yosef (Hebrew: בית יוסף) (also transliterated Beth Yosef), written by Rabbi Joseph Karo, is a long and detailed commentary on the Halakhic code Arba'ah...

scholar and was approached by many other well-known rabbis, including Yosef Karo, for Halachic decisions. He was one of the greatest Jewish scholars of...

authority and Posek, author of HaMapah component of the Shulkhan Arukh Yosef Karo (the Mechaber) (1488–1575), Spanish and Land of Israel legal codifier...

"Maran Beth Yosef", Yosef Karo. In fact, when used without further qualification, Maran typically refers to Karo. Amongst contemporary rabbis, Yosef Shalom...

December 15 – Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria (d. 1550) date unknown Rabbi Yosef Karo, Spanish Jewish scholar (d. 1575) Oswald Myconius, Swiss religious reformer...

Divine Presence is always over my head." This was understood by Rabbi Yosef Karo in the Shulchan Arukh as indicating that Jewish men should cover their...

The Beit Yosef and the Shulchan Aruch of Rabbi Yosef Karo (1488–1575). The Beit Yosef is a huge commentary on the Tur in which Rabbi Karo traces the...

(Abraham Abulafia, Isaac the Blind, Azriel of Gerona, Moses Cordovero, Yosef Karo and Isaac Luria), Hasidic rabbis (Baal Shem Tov, Schneur Zalman of Liadi...

Toulouse, Migdal Oz by Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon Kesef Mishné by Yosef Karo, Mishné la-Melech by Judah Rosanes, Lechem Mishné by Abraham de Boton...

torts, legal procedure and loans and interest in Judaism. Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law,...

Jewish law related to marriage, divorce, and sexual conduct. Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law,...

g. Arba'ah Turim by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher and Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Yosef Karo, draw heavily on Mishneh Torah: both often quote whole sections verbatim...

De'ah is therefore the most diversified area of Jewish law. Later, Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of his own compilation of practical Jewish law,...

Sanctity, Laws of Prohibited Relations 12:1 and commentaries; Rabbi Yosef Karo, Shulchan Aruch II:16:2 and commentaries Moses of Coucy, Sefer Mitzvot...

calendar (be it the daily, weekly, monthly, or annual calendar). Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of the Shulkhan Arukh (שולחן ערוך), his own compilation...

and the leading Sephardic and Ashkenazi halachic authorities, Rabbi Yosef Karo, and Rabbi Moshe Isserles stated "one should not nullify the custom or...

intended to cover all of the topics addressed in the Shulchan Aruch of Rav Yosef Karo, however, most of the work was lost prior to publication with only Orach...

prayer book published in Italy. 1488–1575 Rabbi Yosef Karo spends 20 years compiling the Beit Yosef, an enormous guide to Jewish law. He then writes...

New York: Jacob E. Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies (2001). Kaplan, Yosef, An Alternative Path to Modernity: The Sephardi Diaspora in Western Europe...

Spanish rabbi Joseph Karo (1488–1575), also known as Yosef Karo or Caro, Spanish-born rabbi and author of the Shulchan Aruch Paul Karo, Australian actor...

Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. p. 396. ISBN 9780802825230. Yosef Karo, Maggid Meisharim, p. 55b; Rashi to Zevachim 101b interpreting the "covenant...

also known as Maimonides, and the 16th-century Shulchan Aruch by Rabbi Yosef Karo. The Hebrew Bible contained two sets of laws, one for Canaanite slaves...

in the 16th century to reinstate the semikhah were unsuccessful; Rabbi Yosef Karo was one of the recipients of this semikhah. The Mishnah and Talmud distinguish...

askmoses.com.[permanent dead link] Berakhot 31b Maggid Meisharim (of R Yosef Karo) p. 55b; Rashi to Zevachim 101b Yalkut Shimoni, 19,19 Genesis Rabbah,...

Ponevezh similarly by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman; and Knesses Chizkiyahu in 1949. The leading Sephardi Yeshiva, Porat Yosef, was founded in 1914; its...

Philippson, Israelitische Religionslehre (1865), 3:350 Berakhot 28a Rabbi Yosef Karo, Shulchan Aruch III:4:10 Genesis Rabbah, 65 Maimonides, Mishneh Torah...