Author:Joseph ben Ephraim Karo

Works

 * Beit Yosef (בית יוסף), a commentary on Arba'ah Turim
 * Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך), a major work of Jewish law, defining for Orthodox Judaism
 * Kesef Mishneh (כסף משנה) (Venice, 1574-5), a commentary of Mishneh Torah by Maimonides
 * The Laws of Mourning on Hol Hamoed

Posthumous

 * Bedek Habayit (בדק הבית) (Salonica, 1605), supplements and corrections to Beit Yosef;
 * Kelalei Hatalmud (כללי התלמוד) (Salonica, 1598), on the methodology of the Talmud;
 * Maggid Meisharim (מגיד מישרים) (Lublin, 1646), and supplements (Venice, 1646)
 * Avkat Rochel (אבקת רוכל) (Salonica, 1791), Responsa
 * Derashot (דרשות) (Salonica, 1799), speeches, in the collection Oz Tzadikim.