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If you prostrate yourself over the graves of the righteous, you need to have the proper intention, so that through your prostration, you will cause the soul of that righteous person to…
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Isaac Luria
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 17th Century
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Human prayer that is properly intended is above, in the supernal depths, according to the secret of the point of Zion; and there is the secret place of the holy…
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Ḥayim Vital
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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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)
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1638
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Concerning the matter of the ten tribes, my dear sir should know that in Egypt, there is a place that is called Sawakin, almost a thirty-day distance away—from there, some say it is a three-day…
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Abraham ben Eliezer Halevi
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1527/28
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One who uses the Ineffable Name in this world will have a great punishment, and the reason for this is that he mentions holy letters in impurity, and combines that which is holy with that which is…
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Moses Cordovero
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1549
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The concept of Love is further explained in the Zohar [II, Ki Tissa, 190b], where it is stated as follows:
The Torah contains within it love and brotherhood and truth. Abraham loved…
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Elijah de Vidas
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1579
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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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For do not interpretations belong to God? There are many kinds of dreams in the world: dreams that are mostly true and close to prophecy, but the sages said that there are no dreams without…
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Raphael Mordechai Malki
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Last Quarter 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)
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1519
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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