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Rabbi Joseph Karo: Between Spain and Germany / רבי יוסף קארו בין אשכנז לספרד — לחקר התפשטות ספר הזוהר

תא-שמע, ישראל מ' ; Ta-Shma, Israel M.

תרביץ, 1989-10, Vol.נט (א/ב), p.153-170

הוצאת ספרים ע"ש י"ל מאגנס

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  • Título:
    Rabbi Joseph Karo: Between Spain and Germany / רבי יוסף קארו בין אשכנז לספרד — לחקר התפשטות ספר הזוהר
  • Autor: תא-שמע, ישראל מ' ; Ta-Shma, Israel M.
  • É parte de: תרביץ, 1989-10, Vol.נט (א/ב), p.153-170
  • Descrição: The article scrutinizes some sociological aspects of Rabbi Joseph Karo's two books: Beit Yosef and Shulchan Aruch. The main halakhic principles behind the books are clearly Spanish, but the many halakhic details and customs which do not derive from the Talmud, but from medieval rabbinic literature and tradition, and which fill the books to the point of overflowing, represent mainly Ashkenazi material, thus serving to keep a very fine balance between the two major schools. One could conveniently say, that the two books are 'Spanish' qualitatively, and 'Ashkenazi' — quantitatively. This facilitated or, rather, paved the way, for their acceptance by both communities, and helped significantly to fulfill Karo's deep aspiration, expressed many times in his Magid Mesharim, to become the halakhic head of the Jewish nation at large. It is suggested that the inclusion of an impressive layer of Kabbalistic lore in these purely legal books, especially from the Zohar — the first time in the long history of rabbinic literature that such a step has been taken — indicates, apart from Karo's deep personal involvement in mysticism and his acceptance of the authority of the Zohar, a squint towards the large Romaniot community of Byzantium and outside it. Proof is adduced to the surprising fact, that only in Byzantium was the Zohar known to, and accepted by, normative halakhists, as by the educated part of the laity.
  • Editor: הוצאת ספרים ע"ש י"ל מאגנס
  • Idioma: Hebraico

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