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A baby that has fallen from a high place and become mute, his mother should take his hand and place it in her womb and afterwards thrust that hand into the mouth of the baby. After that, the woman…
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Joel Ba‘al Shem Heilprin
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Zamość, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Zamość, Poland)
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16th Century
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For opening the heart; tested and tried. Take a new glass and write on it:
I adjure you, Patḥiel, to open my heart to all the Torah to learn all that I desire. That my heart should be as an…
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Unknown
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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17th or 18th Century
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One who becomes possessed by a demon should recite this adjuration three times, and it [the demon] will leave him, God willing.
In the explicit name [Shem ha-meforash] of the God of Israel may His…
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Unknown
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1614
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I will greatly thank the Lord with my mouth, and I will bless God in full assembles [see Psalms 68:27], for He has not forsaken His mercy and His truth from me [see Genesis 24:27], but has led me on…
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Abraham di Sant’Angelo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
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1558
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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai,
you were anointed
by your brethren with the oil of joy:
Bar Yohai,
with the oil of a sacred share
you were anointed through holy measure,
sanctity’s bud you wore…
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Simeon Ibn Lavi
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
Date:
16th Century
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I cannot refrain from relating an amazing, true story that I heard from that mouth of sanctity, the most outstanding disciple of our Holy Master, the rebbe, my dear friend—may…
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Israel ben Samuel of Shklov
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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1836
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10. And now, with the Lord’s help, we will return to our primary question: We asked you to tell us, according to the opinion of the kabbalists, to whom do we say our prayers, and make all of our…
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Yiḥye Qafeh
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Sana'a, Ottoman Empire (Sanaa, Yemen)
Date:
1912
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Amulets for the evil eye; tested. Write on either a kosher or deerskin parchment, on a day of [reading from] the Torah, before eating anything. And calculate in that hour which day it is and which…
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Unknown
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16th or 17th Century
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…
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David Conforte
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Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)
Date:
1678
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The words of the perfect scholar, the divine kabbalist, R. Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz (may the memory of the righteous be for the life of the World-to-Come):
Know that the pious one and myself, his…
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Joseph Karo
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
1530s