Joseph Karo
The author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulchan Arukh.
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Beit Yosef (book)
Beit Yosef (בית יוסף) (also transliterated Beth Yosef), written by Rabbi Joseph Karo, is a long and detailed commentary on the Arba'ah Turim ("Tur") by Jacob ben Asher.
Shulchan Aruch
Most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
It was authored in Safed (today in Israel) by Joseph Karo in 1563 and published in Venice two years later.
Nisan
Month of the barley ripening and first month of spring.
13 Nisan (1575) – Death of Joseph Caro, author of the Shulchan Aruch.
Moshe Alshich
Prominent rabbi, preacher, and biblical commentator in the latter part of the sixteenth century.
He later moved to Safed where he became a student of Rabbi Joseph Caro.
Orach Chayim
Section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim.
Rabbi Yosef Karo modeled the framework of the Shulkhan Arukh (שולחן ערוך), his own compilation of practical Jewish law, after the Arba'ah Turim. Many later commentators used this framework, as well.
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital
Rabbi in Safed and the foremost disciple of Isaac Luria.
Joseph Karo is said to have paid special attention to Vital's early talents and in 1557 requested that Alshich take special care in his education as he was destined to succeed his teacher in the world of Torah study.
Moses Isserles
Commonly known by the Hebrew acronym for Rabbi Moses Isserles, "Rema" .
He became a world-renowned scholar and was approached by many other well-known rabbis, including Yosef Karo, for Halachic decisions.
Nikopol, Bulgaria
Town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol Municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the Danube’s confluence with the Osam river.
Joseph Karo, lived in Nikopol from 1523 to 1536
Maran
Honorific title for exceptionally respected rabbis who are considered influential teachers and leaders.
The most common use of the term is in reference to "Maran Beth Yosef", Yosef Karo.
Maimonides
Medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Joseph Karo later praised Maimonides, writing of him, "Maimonides is the greatest of the decisors [of Jewish law], and all communities of the Land of Israel and of Arabia and of the Maghreb base their practices after him, and have taken him upon themselves as their rabbi."