e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Wednesdays, February 1 - 22

1:00pm Eastern

Who was Rabbi Yosef Karo? What did he set out to accomplish with the publication of his halakhic works? And how did the Shulhan Arukh become accepted as a decisive code of Jewish law? With an eye toward the historical context of the sixteenth century, this four-week course will explore these questions, the implications of which we continue to feel acutely today.

February 1:  Rabbi Yosef Karo and His Beit Yosef

February 8:  Rabbi Yosef Karo and His Shulhan Arukh

February 15: Rabbi Moshe Isserles and the Making of Ashkenaz

February 22: How the Shulhan Arukh Became the Authoritative Code of Jewish Law

Class Audio

Class Video

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh (Part 1)

February 1, 2023

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh (Part 2)

February 8, 2023

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh (Part 3)

February 15, 2023

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Rabbi Yosef Karo and the Making of the Shulhan Arukh (Part 4)

February 22, 2023

Rabbi Yosie Levine

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Meet the speaker

Rabbi Yosie Levine

Yosie Levine is the rabbi of The Jewish Center on New York's Upper West Side. He served as Rabbinic Intern, Assistant Rabbi and Associate Rabbi, during which time he received practical rabbinic training and mentoring from Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman. Before joining the Center, he served as the educational director of the Lauder Foundation's Beit Midrash in Berlin, Germany and as the visiting scholar of Congregation Knesseth Israel in Birmingham, Alabama.  Rabbi Levine has taken a leadership role on the issue

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