Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, Spanish-Portuguese rabbi and author (born 1488)

Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro, was a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulhan Arukh. Karo is regarded as the preeminent halakhic authority of his time, and is often referred to by the honorific titles HaMechaber and Maran.

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.