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In a dream, in a night vision, while [I was] asleep upon [my] bed during my imprisonment, a voice called in my ears. The voice was the voice of Jacob, like the voice of my father, may his memory be…
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Abraham Yagel
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1578
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Why this knowledge, which is called “the science of kabbalah” [ḥokhmat ha-kabbalah] contradicts itself, and each one of these names (i.e., “science” and “kabbalah”) is not suitable to it…
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Leone Modena
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1638
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When I Judah, the son of my master, the wise and righteous R. Jacob ḥayyat, peace be upon him, was in Spain, I tasted a little honey, and my eyes were enlightened. And I took it upon myself to seek…
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Judah Ḥayyat
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1495–1498
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Son of fruitful Joseph, precious Ephraim,
child of joy, lush grove of magnificence,
you will exult and rejoice—for, with a vengeance,
the Just will arise over the House of the Barren
when the time…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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18th Century
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Now, after God has made known to you all of this by means of the toil of my hands, having gathered and bound them together, may the strength of my hand grow to write to you and to present before you…
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Gedaliah Ibn Yaḥya
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Italy)
Date:
Mid–16th Century