Today, the 13th of Nissan, is the yahrtzeit (hilula) of Maran, author of the Shulchan Aruch and the Beis Yosef—Rabbeinu Yosef son of Rabbi Ephraim zy"a.

Presented here is a prayer written by the holy Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a to say at his grave in the ancient cemetery in Tzfas:

Master of the World, Almighty, in the merit that Rabbi Yosef Karo would complete, each and every day, eighteen chapters of Mishnayos, he merited a revelation of the Maggid. Please, Hashem, grant me the merit to see a Maggid like the Maggid of Rabbi Yosef Karo—who had a Maggid from Heaven that revealed to him, almost day by day, all the secrets of the Torah. And in this merit he composed the Beis Yosef, a work that no person on earth is able to compose. Please, Hashem, grant me as well the merit to compose a work like the Beis Yosef—on the entire Shas and on the entire Rambam, Tur, and Shulchan Aruch. And may I merit to summarize all the Rishonim and the Acharonim in a clear, convincing, and concise summary, as it is written: “A person should always teach his student in a brief way.” Please, Hashem, grant me the merit, through my learning of the Beis Yosef, that the verses be fulfilled in me: “Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the inner chambers of your home; your children like olive saplings around your table. Behold, so shall a man who fears Hashem be blessed. Hashem will bless you from Zion; see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life; and see children to your children—peace upon Israel” (Tehillim 128:3–6). And may I merit, through the merit of learning the Beis Yosef, an abundance of sons and daughters—one hundred thousand grandchildren and great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. And may I merit to live like Iyov—two hundred and ten years—which is ten times the Name Ehyeh = 21 × 10 = 210. And through this, may the oath be fulfilled in me, as it is said: “Hashem swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: ‘From the fruit of your womb I will set upon your throne. If your children keep My covenant and My testimony that I will teach them, then their children too, forever, shall sit upon your throne.’ For Hashem has chosen Zion; He desired it for His dwelling” (ibid. 132:11–13)—for Zion is the Holy of Holies, the Kesser of Adam Kadmon: “This is My resting place forever” (ibid.).