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This remarkable manuscript of practical kabbalah was written in Eastern Europe in the mid-eighteenth century; at the end of that century it was owned by the Radvil Hasidic dynasty. In contrast to…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1740
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The essence of divinity is found in every single thing—nothing but it exists. Since it causes every thing to be, no thing can live by anything else. It enlivens them; its existence exists in each…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century
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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai,
you were anointed
by your brethren with the oil of joy:
Bar Yohai,
with the oil of a sacred share
you were anointed through holy measure,
sanctity’s bud you wore…
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Simeon Ibn Lavi
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
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16th Century
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The intention of the Supernal Emanator was for the choice [free will] of doing good or evil to be given to those in the lower realm, [and] for them to have reward or punishment…
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Ḥayim Vital
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century
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I will greatly thank the Lord with my mouth, and I will bless God in full assembles [see Psalms 68:27], for He has not forsaken His mercy and His truth from me [see Genesis 24:27], but has led me on…
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Abraham di Sant’Angelo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1558
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What makes a book like this more than just a collection of excerpts, strung together interchangeably? What makes it a book? If I were to say it had been a matter of selection, who would venture to…
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S. Y. Agnon
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1959
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Abraham Ibn Ezra
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Córdoba, Spanish Empire
(Córdoba, Spain)
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18th Century
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Other works by Loanz: Rinat dodim (1600); Mikhol yofi (1695); Aderet Eliyahu: perush ha-Zohar (1998).
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Elijah Loanz
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Wilhermsdorf, Holy Roman Empire
(Wilhermsdorf, Germany)
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1734
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Aernout Naghtegaal
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1683
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1400–1599