Moroccan Halacha: Difference between revisions

Moroccan Chachamim immediately accepted [[Shulchan Aruch]] as the primary authority when it reached their communities. Some even claimed that they already followed the method of following the majority of the [[Rif]], [[Rambam]], and [[Rosh]].<ref>As is already evident from Rav Yosef Karo's own presentation of his decision to rely on those three in his introduction "that the entire Jewish Nation relies on their rulings." Plus the Rosh was exceedingly popular in Morocco, while the Rambam was in Spain.</ref> Nevertheless, since the Castillian traditions were already sewn deeply in Moroccan tradition, the rulings of Shulchan Aruch were not accepted when they contradicted the Castillian traditions in places that were following those traditions. This is in accordance with the explicit intention of Rav Yosef Karo himself in the introduction to Beit Yosef.