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You already know that concerning all matters of supernal attainment, one needs to be alone in his house so that others will not disturb his thought, and he himself needs to…
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Ḥayim Vital
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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Regarding that which is written: a man’s gift [makes room for him] (Proverbs 18:16), this means that the gift itself, which one personally gives to the poor, will make room for him. When you provide…
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Caspar Luyken, Elijah ha-Kohen ha-Itmari
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Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
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ca. 1700
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These are the words of the insignificant man, Joseph Karo, son of the great R. Ephraim, son of the great R. Joseph Karo, may he be remembered for the life of the world to come.
I shall…
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Joseph Karo
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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1563
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The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
It was taught:
Rabbi Simeon cried, raised his voice, and said:
“Woe.” With these words which are…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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1836
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I am the man they call, at times, mem-bet-aleph, which are the [Hebrew] initials of Michael ben Abraham. At other times I am called aleph-mem-koph: Abraham Michael Cardozo. I am of the Marranos of…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
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ca. 1668
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This book is a translation of all the Laws that are necessary for people of whatever sort. Translated from the book written by the accomplished sage who edited and expanded the Law in…
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Anonymous
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Mid–16th Century
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I wrote and compiled bit by bit, here a little, there a little (Isaiah 28:10), that which I was able to understand. Some of these provide an explanation of verses by analyzing their words themselves…
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ḥayim Atar
Places:
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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Rabbi Yose said: I was once traveling on a road, and I entered one of the ruins of Jerusalem to pray. Elijah [the prophet], who is remembered for good, came and waited for me at the entrance [of the…
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Jacob Ibn ḥabib
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1516
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The introduction to the first volume of this work, which you already have, explains that one must know what mitzvot God commanded us to perform, and what he obliged us to avoid, to find…
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Me’am Lo’ez
Places:
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire
(İzmir, Turkey)
Date:
1764