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Magid mesharim (Speaker of Truth): On Tikun Leyl Shavuot
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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…

Contributor:

Joseph Karo

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

1530s

Subjects:

Holidays, Shavuot, Ritual & observance, Kabbalah, Mysticism

Categories:

Magic & Mysticism, Mystical Texts
Seder tefilot yesharot u-varot (The Order of Upright and Pure Prayers)
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Kabbalists prayed using the basic Jewish prayers, but added certain elements according to their own tradition. The prayers are often presented with kavanot (special devotional forms, meanings, and…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1734

Subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts, Ritual object, Prayer, Mysticism, Ritual & observance

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Magical Texts, Magic & Mysticism
Manuscript page of Hebrew text arranged in the shape of a eight-branched candelabrum.