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...

opinion of one man, not the consensus of Jewish thought then or now." Joseph Karo of Toledo (1488–1575), in his Kabbalistic work Maggid Mesharim "Sermonizer...

Judaism. It was authored in Safed, Ottoman Syria (today in Israel) by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later. Together with its commentaries...

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

were also leading legal figures in Judaism, such as Nachmanides and Joseph Karo. Medieval kabbalah elaborates particular reasons for each Biblical mitzvah...

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...

a young boy Hayyim Vital was educated by the scholar Moshe Alshich. Joseph Karo is said to have paid special attention to Vital's early talents and in...

("ordination") from Jacob Berab in 1538, alongside Joseph Karo, Cordovero's teacher of halakha, Moses ben Joseph di Trani, Yosef Sagis, and Moshe Alshich. As...

of the Zohar was accepted by such 16th century Jewish luminaries as Joseph Karo (d. 1575), and Solomon Luria (d. 1574), who wrote nonetheless that Jewish...

Saloniki under the exiled hakhamim Joseph Taitatzak and Joseph Karo, author of the "Shulchan Aruch". Following Karo to Safed, in modern-day Israel, where...

inheritance – 1:11 Joseph Karo, Shulchan Aruch, Choshen Mishpat 276:6 Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Shoftim – Sanhedrin – 2:9 Joseph Karo, Shulkhan Arukh,...

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Righteousness"), published in 1646, is a mystical diary, in which Rabbi Joseph Karo during a period of fifty years recorded the nocturnal visits of the Maggid...

Jerusalem. He was the uncle and teacher of Rabbi Joseph Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch. Rabbi Karo studied under Rabbi Isaac Canpanton in Toledo. Eventually...

(1970). The Golden Dawn. Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 0-87542-663-8. Dan, Joseph, ed. (1986). The Early Kabbalah. Paulist Press. ISBN 978-0809127696. Grant...

authoritative codifications - the 1565 Shulchan Aruch, or "Set Table", by Rabbi Joseph Karo. This work gained canonical status and became almost synonymous, with...

Kimhi, Hasdai Crescas, Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (early 14th century), Joseph Albo, Abraham ibn Daud, and Leon of Modena. Among the Geonim, Hai ben Sherira...

Although Joseph Karo of Safed, in his 16th-century legal commentary the Beit Yosef, considers eating milk and fish together to be a health risk, Karo does...

16th century mystical renaissance in Safed, led by Moshe Cordovero, Joseph Karo and Isaac Luria, made Kabbalistic study a popular goal of Jewish students...

questioned since the Middle Ages. However, given the famous question Joseph Karo (1488–1575) posed concerning why Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days...

came to appear on the cover of the Paolo Riccio's Latin translation of Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla's Gates of Light. The diagram only had 17 paths and...

a semi-independent order of chivalry under Captain General vitéz József Károly von Habsburg, head of the Palatinal branch of the House of Habsburg. During...

21:29, Is 1:3, &c." Literally, "my husband". This is the formulation of Joseph Karo (SA YD 276:9). Maimonides (MT Yesodei haTorah 6:2), Jacob ben Asher (AT...

Altshuler, Dr. Mor (December 22, 2008). "Tikkun Leil Shavuot of R. Joseph Karo and the Epistle of Solomon ha-Levi Elkabetz". jewish-studies.info. Retrieved...

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Jerusalem: Ahavat Shalom. p. 429. OCLC 42433185., s.v. Hilkot Avel Joseph Karo, Shulchan Arukh (Yoreh De'ah 386:1) Kiara, S. (1972). Ezriel Hildesheimer...

extant account which describes the yeshiva of the great Sephardic Rabbi, Joseph Karo. In 1576, the Jewish community of Safed faced an expulsion order: 1,000...

Laws of Ishut, 3:22 and Sanctity, Laws of Prohibited Relations, 21:14 Joseph Karo, Shulchan Aruch, III:26:4 Hagahot Maimoniot on Mishneh Torah, Sanctity...

for all eight days, and by that point new pure oil was ready. Rabbi Joseph Karo is known for asking why Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days, if the...

of Yareach Yakar on the Zohar. His circle included Moshe Alshich and Joseph Karo, as well as his famous brother-in-law Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. Following...