Background From the Yahrzeit list<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">Sunday, 13 Nissan <br>
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Rav Yosef Karo, Beis Yosef, Shulchan Aruch, Kesef Mishneh,and Magid
Meisharim, (1488-1575). His first major work, the Beis Yosef is a
comprehensive commentary on the Tur; it took 20 years to write. In it,
he gathered the opinions and decisions of all the major authorities up
until his time and cross-referenced them. <b>He ruled between differing
views on the basis of a consensus between the three preeminent halachic
authorities, the Rif, the Rambam, and the Rosh. </b>The work was completed
in 1542, but he continued to refine it for the next 12 years, and
published a second edition. <br><br> After he had completed the Beis Yosef, Rav
Caro made a summary of his rulings in the form of an index without
reference to sources and titled it Shulchan Aruch ("Laid Table"). It
was completed in 1555 in Israel; it was first published in Venice in
1565. Eventually, the Rama's gloss (called HaMapa -- "The Tablecloth")
was published together with the Shulchan Aruch in Cracow in 1578, and together they became the universally recognized Code of Jewish
Law. <br><br> The Rambam had published his Mishna Torah without references for
his rulings. The Maggid Mishna, a commentary on Mishneh Torah written
by Rabbi Vidal di Tolouse, had referenced six of the fourteen sections
of the work, and Rav Caro set out to complete the references, while at
the same time explaining the Rambam's view and defending it from the
Raavad. The Kesef Mishneh, as it was called, was published in Venice
between the years 1574-76. <br clear="all"></blockquote><br>Challenge:<br>Is there any evidence that RY Caro overruled his consensus based upon a DIRECT READ from the Talmud. IOW did he ever rule that the proper read of the Talmud Trumped the consensu of his Posqim? <br>
<br>Note we DO have evidence that he overrules his own consensus. EG he Rules 3 Matzos over 2 matzos despite the rulings of the Rif and the Rambam, but NOT because it is the simple read in the Talmud. Aderabbah, the GRA posits that the Rif and Rambam HAVE the simple read. But RY Caro defers to a braoder consensus instead of his default narrow consensus. <br>
<br><br>-- <br>Gun Moed<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a><br><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nishma-Minhag/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Nishma-Minhag/</a><br>
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