Joseph Karo

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 Moses Isserles ⓘ
Sephardi halakha ⓘ
codification of Jewish law ⓘ
influencedBy Alfasi ⓘ
linked to: Isaac Alfasi

Jacob ben Asher ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
Rosh ⓘ
knownFor Beit Yosef ⓘ
Kesef Mishneh ⓘ
Maggid Meisharim ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
languageOfWork Hebrew ⓘ
movement Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
name Joseph Karo ⓘ
Maran Yosef Karo ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
Ottoman Galilee ⓘ
linked to: 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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Safed → associatedWithPerson → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Yosef Karo → alsoKnownAs → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Joseph Karo → name → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Safed Kabbalah → associatedWith → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Safed Kabbalah → hasMajorFigure → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Hanna → spouseName → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Karo family → notableMember → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch → author → Joseph Karo ⓘ
subject linked to: Karo family
Israel Isserlein → influenced → Joseph Karo ⓘ
Moses Isserles → influencedBy → Joseph Karo ⓘ
subject linked to: Isserles
Yaakov Moelin → influenced → Joseph Karo ⓘ