Born in Toledo Spain, Joseph Ben Efraim Caro’s family travels through Turkey, eventually settling in the town of Safed in the Galilee region of the Land of Israel. As a leader of Jewish scholarship in this mystical city, Caro writes the Shulchan Aruch. It is widely viewed as one of the most complete and authoritative sets of Jewish laws in existence.
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