Joseph ben Ephraim Karo

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
1488 - 1575
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First Name Joseph
Middle Name Ben Ephraim
Last Name Karo
Birthday 30th November, 1487
Birthplace Toledo, Kingdom of Toledo, Crown of Castile
Died 1575
Place of Death Safed, Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Buried Safed, Israel
Nationality Spanish

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh. To this end he is often referred to as HaMechaber (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר, "The Author") and as Maran (Imperial Aramaic: מָרַן, "Our Master").

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