Mind-Benders of Jewish History
When the Shulchan Aruch was printed, Shakespeare was a baby
The Shulchan Aruch, the code that still governs Jewish practice today, was first printed in Venice in 1565. That year William Shakespeare was a one-year-old in Stratford, not yet able to speak, let alone write a line.
How we know
Rabbi Yosef Karo's Shulchan Aruch first printed in Venice 1565–66. Shakespeare baptized April 26, 1564. He was about one year old when the first edition appeared.
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