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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…
Contributor:
Ḥayim Vital
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second half of the 16th Century
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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…
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Unknown
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Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1734
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You already know that concerning all matters of supernal attainment, one needs to be alone in his house so that others will not disturb his thought, and he himself needs to…
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Ḥayim Vital
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
First Half of the 17th Century
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I was privileged to visit Lublin with my late father when I was a boy of nine, and I saw his [the Seer’s] face illuminated like torches. And when he opened the door to recite Ke-gavnah [An Aramaic…
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Isaac Judah Yehiel Safrin of Komarno
Places:
Komarno, Austrian Empire (Komarno, Ukraine)
Date:
1815
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Listen carefully to my words. When I was in the land of Safed, one night, when the sun had set, I was tired and weary, lying on my bed. I was asleep, but my heart was awake; my beloved was knocking…
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Asher Lemlein
Places:
Istria, Holy Roman Empire (Istria, Croatia)
Date:
1500–1502