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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
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Furthermore, with regard to a synagogue, one should be careful when leaving the synagogue not to leave with one’s back to the altar, where the Torah scroll is placed. Rather, one should face the holy…
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Elijah de Vidas
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1579
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Let the entire soul praise the Lord (Psalms 150:6) concerning the four quarters of the component of the souls that approach the Lord; and they are in detail as follows: the greatest, which…
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Menaḥem Azariah da Fano
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Fano, Papal States
(Fano, Italy)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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Everything proceeds from above, from the world of emanation, excepting no point in the lower world. And even a tree, and a stone, and everything comes from above; and this is the procession of…
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Shabbetai Sheftel Horowitz the Elder
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1616
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In order that all the simple…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1651
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And so it was in the days of the Judge of judges; and so it was, a famine in the land. And a man went out from Bethlehem in Judah to live in the field of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. (Ruth…
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David ben Aaron Ibn Ḥasin
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16th Century
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To our fruit of holiness enwrapped in praise, our man of deeds rich in accomplishment, the exalted prince and honored rabbi. May your light shine like the rising sun, blossom like the flowers! May an…
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Nathan of Gaza
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Gaza, Ottoman Empire
(Gaza, Palestine)
Date:
1666
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I propose to set forth the faith of our ancestors—our prophets, our sages—forgotten by us these thousand years, because of the long duration of our exile. This faith was known to the Tannaim and most…
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Abraham Michael Cardoso
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire
(Tripoli, Lebanon)
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ca. 1670–1672
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If I have come to relate and tell, divulging the entire mystery of the Garden of Eden and the matters residing within it, of the species of trees, a book could…
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Joseph Taitatsak
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Early 16th Century
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The superiority of this science was related in the Zohar at the end of the ‘Idra in section Naso.
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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