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When I Judah, the son of my master, the wise and righteous R. Jacob ḥayyat, peace be upon him, was in Spain, I tasted a little honey, and my eyes were enlightened. And I took it upon myself to seek…
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Judah Ḥayyat
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Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)
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ca. 1495–1498
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To know if an evil spirit has possessed a person, utter three times in his right ear:
TsIP"A TsIP"A TRAYY"T GWTAN"T, that is to say: Of the Rock that begat you, you are unmindful, etc. (Deuteronomy 32…
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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
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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Second half of the 16th Century
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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
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Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
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First Half of the 17th Century
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Because the ineffable four-letter name of the Tetragrammaton is located in ‘Adam Qadmon, it will be…
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Abraham Cohen de Herrera
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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ca. 1630
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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)
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1648
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In the 18th of the Month of Elul: the 5404 year from the Worlds creation, and according to common compute, in 1644. Aaron Levi, otherwise called Antonius Montezinus c…
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Menasseh Ben Israel
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1652
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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, England (London, United Kingdom)
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1699
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Son of fruitful Joseph, precious Ephraim,
child of joy, lush grove of magnificence,
you will exult and rejoice—for, with a vengeance,
the Just will arise over the House of the Barren
when the time…
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Moses Ḥayim Luzzatto
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18th Century
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To remove a demon [sheyd] from the body of a man or woman, or anything into which a male or female demon has entered
Take an empty flask and a white waxen candle, and recite this adjuration in…
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Joseph Tirshom
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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ca. 1550