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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; – March 24, , 13 Nisan A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulhan Arukh.

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The Beit Yosef, written as a voluminous commentary to an earlier code, the Tur, was Joseph Karo's attempt to codify all of Jewish law.

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Rabbi Joseph ben Ephraim Caro made Jewish law (halacha) available to the masses.

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Rabbi Karo was recognized as the preeminent authority for all Sephardic Jewry worldwide, and was deeply respected by Ashkenazi Jews as well who, on several occasions, .