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Other works by Loanz: Rinat dodim (1600); Mikhol yofi (1695); Aderet Eliyahu: perush ha-Zohar (1998).
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Elijah Loanz
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Wilhermsdorf, Holy Roman Empire (Wilhermsdorf, Germany)
Date:
1734
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May His great name be blessed! Before everything, it occurred to His simple will to create worlds, for there is no king without a people, as it is said: In the multitude of people is the…
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Naphtali Bacharach
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Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1648
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This is the secret of the teaching of the sages: “When the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world with the attribute of justice, and the world could not subsist—and so too with the attribute of…
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Solomon Ayllon
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London, Kingdom of England (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1699
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On the thirty-third day of the counting [of the Omer, i.e., Lag b’Omer]. May there be tranquility and pleasantness in your chamber of Torah. May God continuously save the beautiful pearl, for whom the…
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Moses Isserles
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Mid–16th Century
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By way of our prayers and our practical commandments that we perform below, we need to cause a coupling of the male and the female, and we raise them up…
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Ḥayim Vital
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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This engraving portrays Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, a rabbi, kabbalist, and preacher, born in Castro Daire, Portugal, to a family of New Christians. He arrived in Amsterdam with his family at the age of…
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Aernout Naghtegaal
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1683
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O great mountain (Zechariah 4:7), the exalted and raised (Isaiah 52:13), precious cornerstone (Isaiah 28:16), my teacher, my rabbi, may the Merciful One guard and bless him, may God protect him and…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
Date:
1732
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Your light is sweet and pleasing for my heart’s joy and gladness,
O my soul’s beloved, my full desire is that I never depart from your presence.
My plan, each day and night, is to find favor in the…
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Eleazar Azikri
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1584–1588
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What is the teaching of kabbalah and Hasidism if not expansion (Torat ha-harḥavah)? The tangible world should expand, the given worlds should increase, and this Torah that is written and passed down…
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Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1910–1918
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…
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Jacob ben Ḥayim
Places:
Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1911