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Kore’ ha-dorot (Reader for the Generations)
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And after the rabbi [Joseph Karo] went to Safed he studied in the study house of the rabbi, our master, Jacob Berab, and became a disciple of our master R. Berab, as is written in several places. The…

Contributor:

David Conforte

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1678

Subjects:

Rabbis, Yeshiva, Education, Charity, Kabbalah

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Firsthand Accounts
Rebbe Israel Ba‘al Shem Tov
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The Birth of the Ba‘al Shem Tov One of the greatest phenomena, running like a thread throughout the spiritual history of the Jewish people, is mysticism, a remnant of ancient mythology, which could…

Contributor:

Avraham Kahana

Places:

Zhitomir, Russian Empire (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)

Date:

1900

Subjects:

Hasidism, Mysticism, Kabbalah, Education, Rabbis

Categories:

Religion & Theology, History, Historical Writing
Introduction to Ben Ish Ḥai’s Sefer da‘at u-tevunah (Book of Knowledge and Understanding)
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This work is an anthology of various texts that provide precious foundations, crucial for the knowledge of the wisdom of kabbalah, hidden secrets that were revealed through the mightiest of heroes…

Contributor:

Jacob ben Ḥayim

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Education, Rabbis, Torah study, Jewish identity

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Anthologies