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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)
Date:
1836
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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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Blessed are you, Bar Yohai, you were anointed by your brethren with the oil of joy:Bar Yohai, with the oil of a sacred shareyou were anointed through holy measure, sanctity’s bud you wore like a…
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Simeon Ibn Lavi
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Tripoli, Ottoman Empire (Tripoli, Lebanon)
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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, 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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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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No chapter in the history of the Jewish people during the last several hundred years has been as shrouded in mystery as that of the Sabbatian movement. On one point, at least, there is no longer any…
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Gershom Scholem
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
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1937
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I truly heard a mouth of holiness uttering these words, namely the holy and honored one of the Almighty, the most renowned, illustrious, saintly, and godly kabbalist, our teacher, R. ḥayim of Sanz of…
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Jacob Landau
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Prague, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Czech Republic)
Date:
1810
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Indeed, in the countries where we reside, where the gentile women walk about bareheaded, but our mothers did not go out like that and were most careful on that score, concerned as they were about…
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Moses Sofer
Places:
Pressburg, Austrian Empire (Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date:
1839