Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
Rabbi Yitzchak Luria also known as the Ari Hakadosh and the Arizal was one of the leading Kabbalists to ever live. Born in Yerushalaim, he moved to Egypt at a young age, where through tremendous self effort, prayers and seclusion he managed to reach tremendous spiritual heights. At age 35, the Ari moved to Tzfat, becoming its leading Kabbalist after the passing of the Ramak. Despite the short amount of time he lived in Tzfat before passing away in 1572, the Ari managed to implant his teaching in a group of students, which began a new era in the history of the Kabbalah. Each year tens of thousands of people visit the kever of the Arizal in the Ancient Tzfat Cemetery.
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Students
Referred to as the Guri HaAri (the lion cubs), the students of the Arizal included Rabbi Chaim Vital, Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun
Synagogues and Mikva
Ari Ashkenazi
Each Friday night the Arizal and his students went to great the Shabbos in a field at the edge of the city right next to the Gerigos Synagogue where the repented marranos used to pray. This Beit Knesset was renamed the Ari Ashkinazi after the passing of the Arizal. It was named Ashkenazi to differentiate it from the Ari Sepharadi Shul. Later a second Bais Midrash was built right next door. It is assumed that the exact location where the Arizal and his students used to pray is the courtyard outside the building.
Ari Sepharadi
Arizal Mikva
Kever HaAri
Hillula of the Ari
The yahrtzeit of the Arizal falls out on 5th of Av. Each year thousands of people visit his Kever on this day.
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