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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Yosef Karo
		Karo's literary works and the importance of his share in the development of rabbinism are beyond dispute: his works are among the masterpieces of rabbinic literature.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses Cordovero.
		Karo's mysticism was not speculative in nature; and he devoted very little time to the Kabbalah, although his maggid often exhorted him not to neglect the study of it ("Maggid Mesharim," p.
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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - CARO, JOSEPH B. EPHRAIM:
		The authenticity of the "Maggid Mesharim" does not, however, justify the assertion that Caro was a cabalist, in the sense of regarding the Cabala as equally authoritative with Talmudism, or so important a factor in religious life.
		Asher entirely, the "Bet Yosef" in consequence sharing all the methodological faults of its predecessor, the "Ṭur." Several reasons induced Caro to connect his work with the "Ṭur," instead of with Maimonides'; code.
		Although the opposition of these two men was different in kind and due to different motives, it may be regarded in a measure as the protest of the Ashkenazim against the supremacy of the Sephardim.
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	Yosef Karo - Definition, explanation
		Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Ben Ephraim Karo is one of the most important leaders in the history of halakha (Jewish law).
		Karo's literary works are considered among the masterpieces of rabbinic literature.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero.
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	Yosef Karo Summary
		Karo was the scion of a family of illustrious scholars.
		Karo was one of the four scholars ordained by Berab, but the initiative proved abortive, mainly because of the opposition of the scholars in Jerusalem.
		According to various reports, Karo was visited every night by a heavenly mentor who, in the form of what psychology would describe as "automatic speech," revealed to him qabbalistic mysteries, exhortations to ascetic practice, and other matters related to his personal life and to his Talmudic studies.
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	Hakham Yosef ben Ephraim Karo 1488 CE - 1575 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1488-1575 CE Hakham Yosef Karo was born in to a Spanish Jewish family in the city of Toledo, Spain in the year 1488 CE.
		The Beit Yosef is a compendium of mitzvot and a commentary on Hakham Yaacov Bar Asher's [Asher is the son of the "Rosh" ] Arba'a Turim, which is an earlier halachic code.
		Hakham Yosef Karo passed away on the thirteenth day of Nissan in the year 1575 CE at the ripe old age of 87 and lies buried in the Safed cemetery amongst the many other great Saddikim.
	www.sephardiccouncil.org /sages/karo.html (1910 words)

	Yosef Karo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karo also left a commentary upon the Mishnah, as well as supercommentaries to Rashi's and Nahmanides' commentaries on the Torah, which have, apparently, not been preserved.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero.
		Karo's mysticism was not speculative in nature; and he devoted very little time to the Kabbalah, although his maggid often exhorted him not to neglect the study of it (Maggid Mesharim, p.
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	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yosef Caro (1488 - March 24, 1575) was one of the most significant leaders in Rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulchan Arukh, an authoritative work on Halakhah (Jewish law).
		The Italian Azariah dei Rossi, though his views differed widely from Karo's, collected money among the rich Italian Jews for the purpose of having a work of Karo's printed; and the Pole Moses Isserles compelled the recognition of one of Karo's decisions at Kraków, although he thought Karo was wrong.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero.
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	Yosef Karo
		One of the most imporant figures in Judaism, Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Karo is one of the most important leaders in the history of Jewish law (halakha).
		Karo's literary works and the importance of his share in the development of rabbinism are beyond dispute: his works are among the masterpieces of rabbinic literature.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses Cordovero.
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	Hakham Yosef ben Ephraim Karo 1488 CE - 1575 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1488-1575 CE Hakham Yosef Karo was born in to a Spanish Jewish family in the city of Toledo, Spain in the year 1488 CE.
		The Beit Yosef is a compendium of mitzvot and a commentary on Hakham Yaacov Bar Asher's [Asher is the son of the "Rosh" ] Arba'a Turim, which is an earlier halachic code.
		Hakham Yosef Karo passed away on the thirteenth day of Nissan in the year 1575 CE at the ripe old age of 87 and lies buried in the Safed cemetery amongst the many other great Saddikim.
	www.isfsp.org /sages/karo.html (1910 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yosef Karo
		Yosef Dorfman (1488 - March 24, 1575) was one of the most significant leaders in Rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulkhan Arukh, an authoritative work on halakha (Jewish law).
		After the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal, in 1497, Karo went with his parents to Nicopolis (near modern Preveza), where he received his first instruction from his father, who was himself an eminent Talmudist.
		Karo's literary works are considered among the masterpieces of rabbinic literature.
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	Hakham Yosef ben Ephraim Karo 1488 CE - 1575 CE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1488-1575 CE Hakham Yosef Karo was born in to a Spanish Jewish family in the city of Toledo, Spain in the year 1488 CE.
		The Beit Yosef is a compendium of mitzvot and a commentary on Hakham Yaacov Bar Asher's [Asher is the son of the "Rosh" ] Arba'a Turim, which is an earlier halachic code.
		Hakham Yosef Karo passed away on the thirteenth day of Nissan in the year 1575 CE at the ripe old age of 87 and lies buried in the Safed cemetery amongst the many other great Saddikim.
	isfsp.org /sages/karo.html (1910 words)

	info: Yosef_Karo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hakham Yosef ben Ephraim Karo 1488 CE - 1575 CEHakham Yosef Karo was born in to a Spanish Jewish family in the city of Toledo, Spain in the year 1488 CE.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo was born in Toledo, Spain in 5248 (1488) to a well known rabbinical and poetic family.
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	Yosef Karo - Information at Halfvalue.com
		Karo also left a commentary upon the Mishnah, as well as supercommentaries to Rashi's and Nahmanides' commentaries on the Torah, which have, apparently, not been preserved.
		Karo received new ideas from his maggid in regard to the Cabala only, for the study of which he had hardly any time; such information was in the nature of sundry cabalistic interpretations of the Pentateuch, that in content, though not in form, remind one of the theories of Karo's pupil, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero.
		Karo's mysticism was not speculative in nature; and he devoted very little time to the Kabbalah, although his maggid often exhorted him not to neglect the study of it (Maggid Mesharim, p.
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	Rabi Yosef Karo - his life
		Rabbi Yosef Karo was born in Toledo, Spain in 5248 (1488) to a well known rabbinical and poetic family.
		The Karo family descended from Rabbi Shimon Karo, author of "Yalkut Shimoni", who's son Yosef was a student of Rashi (1040-1105), one of the most significant commentators on the Talmud.
		However, The House of Rabbi Yosef Karo (Beit Karo) survived and is one of the few houses that remains intact in its original state.
	www.kinneret.co.il /betdavid/betkaro/karohis.htm (880 words)

	R' Yosef Karo
		In the year 1492, when he was only four years old he was forced to flee Spain with his family and the many other thousands of Jews that were forcibly being expelled from their homes where they had lived for many hundreds of years.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo put much emphasis on the study of Mishnah which was constantly on his lips.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo passed away on the thirteenth day of Nissan in the year 1575 at the ripe old age of 87 and lies buried in the Tzfas cemetery amongst the many other great tzadikim.
	www.campsci.com /iguide/rabbi_yosef_karo.htm (1433 words)

	Rav-SIG: Online Journal > Sephardic Rabbis Impact Halachah
		Rabbi Yosef Caro was born in Toledo, Spain in 1488.
		After arriving in Safed, Rabbi Yosef Caro was appointed to the Beit Din of Rabbi Yaakov bei Rav, his teacher.
		Rabbi Yosef also had a significant impact on shaping halachah, and his works are used today to decide many points of Jewish law.
	www.jewishgen.org /rabbinic/journal/halachah.htm (816 words)

	Rabbi Yosef Karo Rabbi Yosef Karo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1530 Rabbi Karo moved to Tzefat (Safed), in Eretz Yisrael, where he was appointed as a member of the Rabbinic Court of Rabbi Yaakov Beirav.
		In his work Beit Yosef, he compiles all the variant views on each halachah and renders a decision as to which opinion is to be the authoritative law.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo was a pure and holy man to such a degree that when he studied Kabbalah he was taught by a special angel called a maggid who descended from heaven to reveal to him the innermost secrets of the Torah and to disclose the future to him.
	nehora.com /Tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=karo.htm&CFID=10654868&CFTOKEN=80199972 (636 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 27 Number 54
		Karo seems also to have viewed it as a means of achieving his ambition to become the leading religious authority of his day.
		Yosef Karo's Semicha The "semichah" referred to was the renewed "Mosaic Semichah" of his rav, R.
		Yosef Karo's Semicha He received "simikhoh" from his rebbe R. Beirab who in turn received it from his own bais din in safed.
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	Rabbi Yosef Karo Rabbi Yosef Karo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In his work Beit Yosef, he compiles all the variant views on each halachah and renders a decision as to which opinion is to be the authoritative law.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo was a pure and holy man to such a degree that when he studied Kabbalah he was taught by a special angel called a maggid who descended from heaven to reveal to him the innermost secrets of the Torah and to disclose the future to him.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote down the revelations which he heard from this angel in a book called Maggid Meisharim.
	judaicaplus.com /Tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=karo.htm (606 words)

	YOSEF KARO INFO AND TIPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rabbi Yosef (Joseph) Ben Ephraim Karo is one of the most important leaders in the history of ''halakha'' (Jewish law).
		The Italian Azaria di Rossi, though his views differed widely from Karo's, collected money among the rich Italian Jews for the purpose of having a work of Karo's printed; and the Pole Moses Isserles compelled the recognition of one of Karo's decisions at Kraków, although he thought Karo was wrong.
		His name heads the decree of excommunication directed against Daud, Joseph Nasi's agent; and it was Karo who condemned Di Rossi's ''Me'or 'Enayim'' to be burned.
	www.ihabits.com /Yosef_Karo (1197 words)

	Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and his "Culture War" in Israel by Omar Kamil
		Karo was born in Spain and after expulsion the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 he settled in Safed
		It is common among Israelis to argue that the Sephardi identity Rabbi Yosef is attempting to forge is a separatist one.
		Rabbi Yosef´s wisdom, and simultaneously the secret of his success, lies in his ability to mobilize his supporters, not against the Ashkenazim in general, but rather against the secular and non-Jewish components of their ideology.
	members.tripod.com /alabasters_archive/shas_culture_war.html (3944 words)

	Israel Religious Action Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was headed by Rabbi Yosef's son Avraham, the Chief Rabbi of the city of Holon, while Rabbi Yosef's relative by marriage, Rabbi Avraham Sadouri, was made head of the ritual slaughter team.
		Rabbi Yosef therefore permitted Sephardi rabbis and marriage registrars in Tel Aviv to go ahead with weddings of Sephardi couples in the period between the 17th of Tammuz and the end of that month (until the first of Av).
		Rabbi Yosef maintained that the "unified" version of the prayer book in use in the IDF was in fact an Ashkenazi text with minor and insignificant modifications.
	www.irac.org /article_e.asp?artid=220 (4289 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Yosef Karo
		Yosef Karo (1488 - March 24, 1575) was one of the most significant leaders in Rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulchan Arukh, an authoritative work on Halakhah (Jewish law).
		Karo was never celebrated as an individual, but as a meḥabber (author).
		So Karo is often referred to as HaMeḥabber, Hebrew for "the author [of the Shulchan Arukh]", and as Maran Beth Yosef, "our master, [the author of] Beth Yosef".
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	Rabbi Yosef Karo Rabbi Yosef Karo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In his work Beit Yosef, he compiles all the variant views on each halachah and renders a decision as to which opinion is to be the authoritative law.
		Among Rabbi Yosef Karo's other works is Kesef Mishneh, a commentary on Rambam.
		Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote down the revelations which he heard from this angel in a book called Maggid Meisharim.
	www.judaicaplus.com /Tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=karo.htm (620 words)

	RABBI OVADIA YOSEF AND HIS CULTURE WAR IN ISRAEL
		Apparently, the goal of rabbi Yosef's culture war is to bring the Israeli public, both religious and secular, to recognize Sephardi culture as a new ideology and social order in Israel.
		Karo was born in Spain and after expulsion the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 he settled in Safed(21).
		Yosef was invited (in effect summoned) by Shach to attend a mass rally in Tel Aviv's Yad Eliyahu stadium.
	www.biu.ac.il /Besa/meria/journal/2000/issue4/jv4n4a3.html (3715 words)

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