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No chapter in the history of the Jewish people during the last several hundred years has been as shrouded in mystery as that of the Sabbatian movement. On one point, at least, there is no longer any…
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Gershom Scholem
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1937
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18th Century|1728
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Unknown
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16th–17th Century
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For man to resemble his Creator according to the secret of the Supernal Crown he must possess, too, many of the chief qualities of the divine providence.
- The quality of humility includes all qualities…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
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Mid–16th Century
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And if one were to ask: why is it that in our generation—and even in the time of the Ari of blessed memory (who successfully revealed many higher secrets)—neither fire nor angels appear, as they did…
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Nehemiah ḥiya ḥayun
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Berlin, Holy Roman Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
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1713
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Under the roof of the oldest synagogue in Prague (the Altneuschul), because of the belief that misfortune would meet the workers, there is preserved, in its primeval form and color, a piece of trunk…
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Ludwig A. Frankl
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Vienna, Austrian Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
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1836
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Isaack Luttichuys
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Date Unknown|Second Half of the 17th Century
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Early 16th Century
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“I, too, have authority, the authority of the Lord, blessed be He, of the Shekinah and all the members of the Heavenly Academy.”
[Padua, 16 March 1730]
Oh, thou great Prince, lofty pillar, Gaon R…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Republic of Venice
(Padua, Italy)
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1730
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Since the last saying has made it necessary to speak of things, which pertain to the eternal mysteries, namely the ways of kabbalah, I will not hide from the reader what is at the tip of my…
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Moses Isserles
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
Date:
1570