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This elaborate Italian kabbalistic manuscript depicts the inner processes of the divine (the sefirot) in the shape of a tree (in Hebrew, ilan), or tree of life. Visualization plays an important part…
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Artist Unknown
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Early 16th Century
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The Zohar, in the portion of Naso on the verse and in the night His song shall be with…
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Aaron Berekhiah of Modena
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Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
(Modena, Italy)
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1624
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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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The peaceable and faithful in Israel (2 Samuel 20:19), the heads of the exile of Ariel, the same are the mighty men of old, the men of renown (Genesis 6:4), wise men of understanding [see Deuteronomy…
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Jacob ben Naphtali ha-Kohen
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua
(Mantova, Italy)
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1558
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And now we will explain the root of Moses our Rabbi, may peace be upon him. Know that Israel was distilled in Egypt, as it was an iron furnace (Deuteronomy 4:20). And it is known that Moses…
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Isaac Luria
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Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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O God, You have taught me from my youth: and until now I declare Your wondrous deeds (Psalms 71:17)
O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You: my soul thirsts for You. (Psalms 63:2)
When…
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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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Concerning the explanation of the paths of hitbodedut [contemplation] and conjunction and the preparations that are proper for one who practices hitbodedut in order to arrive at his…
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Judah Albotini
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1519
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I am now writing, with God’s help, a new commentary on your breasts.
It is a precious, blessed composition, in my poverty I have gathered various commentaries,
From what came to hand. It is a…
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Admiel Kosman
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Ramat Gan, Israel
Date:
2000
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Why is it that human beings encounter so many problems in life? Why are we beset with war and racism, political and ethnic conflicts, disharmony with our environment, and shattering events in our…
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Tamar Frankiel
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Los Angeles, United States of America
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2001
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Rabbis are becoming angry with our redeemer Sh.Ts.Our king and the shekhinah is heAnd it is for good and for the good of our King and for the goodof the six hundred thousand of Israel that …
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Unknown
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ca. 1700