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Moses Mendez Coutinho
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1701
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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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Those matters discussed in an earlier issue dedicated to the practice of indolka inspired the distinguished writer to write this fine article.
Everything that I am relating here is neither eloquent…
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Saliman Menahem Mani
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Hebron, Ottoman Palestine (Hebron, West Bank)
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1885
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To know if an evil spirit has possessed a person, utter three times in his right ear:
TsIP"A TsIP"A TRAYY"T GWTAN"T, that is to say: Of the Rock that begat you, you are unmindful, etc. (Deuteronomy 32…
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16th Century
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In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, when I was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. On the fifth day of the month—it…
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To remove a demon [sheyd] from the body of a man or woman, or anything into which a male or female demon has entered
Take an empty flask and a white waxen candle, and recite this adjuration in…
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Joseph Tirshom
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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ca. 1550
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ca. 1750
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The Cabalist:Sexton, light the candles. [The Sextonlights each man’s candle. The Cabalistadvances slowly to The Girl, who stands slackly, her body making small occasional jerking movements, apparently…
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Paddy Chayefsky
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New York, United States of America
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1959
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The conventional pattern of living, based on propriety, on the requisites of good character and conformity to law—this corresponds to the way of the world of order. Every rebellion against this…
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Abraham Isaac Kook
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Ottoman Palestine (Israel, Israel)
Date:
1914
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I heard directly from those who say that a text exists which states that the wise and upright R. Solomon wished to spur the end of times and he wanted all to agree with his viewpoint. And he said that…
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Solomon Molkho
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1538