Edirne (Adrianople)אדריאנופול
Ottoman Thrace — Ottoman capital before Istanbul
Edirne (Adrianople) was the Ottoman capital before Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople in 1453, and remained one of the empire's largest Sephardic centers after 1492. R. Yosef Karo wrote the bulk of the Beit Yosef here between 1522 and 1554 before relocating to Tzfat. The city's Beit Midrash housed Karo, R. Yosef Taitazak, and R. Yitzchak Caro.
5 teachers
Teachers who lived here
Rabbi Shlomo Sirilio
Rabbi Shlomo Sirilio (1485–1554)
rabbinate 1530–1532
- בי
The Beit Yosef / Mechaber
Joseph Karo (1488–1575)
study 1497–1535
- מט
The Mabit
R. Moshe di Trani (1500–1580)
study 1521
- שא
R. Shlomo Alkabetz
R. Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz (1505–1584)
publication 1532
- מא
The Alshich HaKadosh
R. Moshe Alshich (1508–1593)
birth 1508