1488 ⟶ Yosef Karo Begins Work on Beit Yosef and Shulkhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosef Karo spends 20 years compiling the Beit Yosef, a...
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📜 Yitchaki Alfassi writes the Rif

Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi (from Morocco, later Spain) writes the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.⟶
Yitchaki Alfassi writes the Rif (1013)
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📜 Maimonides's Influence on Jewish Law and Philosophy

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, aka Maimonides or the Rambam is the leading rabbi of Sephardic Jewry. Among his many accomplishments, he writes one of the most influential codes of law (The Mishneh Torah) in Jewish History as well as, in Arabic, many philosophical works including the (Guide for the Perplexed).⟶
Maimonides's Influence on Jewish Law and Philosophy (1135)
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✍️ Rabbi Jacob ben Asher Writes the Arba'ah Turim

Rabbi Jacob ben Asher of Spain writes the Arba'ah Turim (Four Rows of Jewish Law).⟶
Rabbi Jacob ben Asher Writes the Arba'ah Turim (1270)
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📜 Yosef Karo Begins Work on Beit Yosef and Shulkhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosef Karo spends 20 years compiling the Beit Yosef, an enormous guide to Jewish law. He then writes a more concise guide, the Shulkhan Arukh, that becomes the standard law guide for the next 400 years. Born in Spain, Yosef Karo lives and dies in Safed.⟶
Yosef Karo Begins Work on Beit Yosef and Shulkhan Arukh (1488)
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👣 Obadiah ben Abraham Arrives in Jerusalem

Obadiah ben Abraham, commentator on the Mishnah, arrives in Jerusalem and marks a new epoch for the Jewish community.⟶
Obadiah ben Abraham Arrives in Jerusalem (1488)
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✍️ Rabbi Moshe Isserles (Rema) Writes Commentary on the Shulkhan Arukh

Rabbi Moshe Isserles (The Rema) of Kraków writes an extensive commentary to the Shulkhan Arukh called the Mappah, extending its application to Ashkenazi Jewry.⟶
Rabbi Moshe Isserles (Rema) Writes Commentary on the Shulkhan Arukh (1525)
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