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And now we will explain the root of Moses our Rabbi, may peace be upon him. Know that Israel was distilled in Egypt, as it was an iron furnace (Deuteronomy 4:20). And it is known that Moses…
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Isaac Luria
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)
Date:
Second Half of the 16th Century
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Thus said the author, Nehemiah Ḥiya, son of my master, my father, Moses Ḥayun: I myself know that all who see this book will be greatly astonished, and they will say, “Look at the…
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Nehemiah Ḥiya Ḥayun
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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Illustrious sir, having frequently thought about and recalled many treatises which in the presence of Your Worship were practiced during the time when I enjoyed your divine…
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Moses Almosnino
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1564
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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, England (London, United Kingdom)
Date:
1699
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If I have come to relate and tell, divulging the entire mystery of the Garden of Eden and the matters residing within it, of the species of trees, a book could…
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Joseph Taitatsak
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
Early 16th Century