Joseph Caro
Joseph Caro · Historical & Religious Figures
Author of the Shulchan Aruch, the standard code of Jewish law
1488, Toledo, Crown of Castile (now Spain) — 1575, Safed, Ottoman Empire (now Israel)
Spain · Ottoman Empire · Safed (Land of Israel)
Joseph Caro is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Author of the Shulchan Aruch, the standard code of Jewish law
Joseph Caro authored the Shulchan Aruch, the concise code that became the standard reference of Jewish law, and its vast underlying commentary the Beit Yosef. Driven from Iberia by the expulsions, he settled in Safed and made it a center of Jewish legal and mystical scholarship. He was a Jewish rabbi and halakhic authority.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
Author of the Shulchan Aruch, the standard code of Jewish law
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
