Rabbi Yitzchak Luria
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==Youth== | ==Youth== | ||
Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was born in 1534 to his father Rabbi Shlomo in Yerushalaim. In his early youth he became orphaned from his father and moved with his mother to Egypt to the home of his wealthy uncle Mordechai Frances. There the Ari studied under the [[Rabbi David Ben Zimra - Radbaz|Radbaz]] and his student Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. At age 15 the Arizal married the daughter of his uncle, spending the next six years studying with Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. He helped his teacher create the Shita Mikubetzet on a few tracts of Talmud. After this the Arizal spent 8 years in solitary conclusion, meditating and studying [[Kabbalah]] in a small room on the banks of the Nile river. He would only come home on Shabbot and would only speak in Lashon Hakodesh even to his wife. | Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was born in 1534 to his father Rabbi Shlomo in Yerushalaim. In his early youth he became orphaned from his father and moved with his mother to Egypt to the home of his wealthy uncle Mordechai Frances. There the Ari studied under the [[Rabbi David Ben Zimra - Radbaz|Radbaz]] and his student Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. At age 15 the Arizal married the daughter of his uncle, spending the next six years studying with Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi. He helped his teacher create the Shita Mikubetzet on a few tracts of Talmud. After this the Arizal spent 8 years in solitary conclusion, meditating and studying [[Kabbalah]] in a small room on the banks of the Nile river. He would only come home on Shabbot and would only speak in Lashon Hakodesh even to his wife. | ||
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==Eretz Yisroel== | ==Eretz Yisroel== | ||
− | In 1570 at age 36, the | + | In 1570 at age 36, the Arial returned to Eretz Yisroel and settled in Tzfat. |
===Yerushalaim=== | ===Yerushalaim=== | ||
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==Students== | ==Students== | ||
Referred to as the Guri HaAri (the lion cubs), the students of the Arizal included Rabbi Chaim Vital, [[Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun]]. | Referred to as the Guri HaAri (the lion cubs), the students of the Arizal included Rabbi Chaim Vital, [[Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun]]. | ||
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===Kitvay Hari=== | ===Kitvay Hari=== | ||
− | Before his passing, the Arizal warned his student Rabbi Chaim Vital to keep his teachings hidden even from his former students. Rabbi Chaim Vital guarded his notes of the Ari's Kabblah vigorously and did not let anyone see them. Around 1587, Rabbi Chaim Vital fell very ill while he was in Tzfat. [[Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun]] asked his brother, Moshe Vital to let him borrow some of the manuscripts and the latter lent him 600 pages from the Kitvay Ari. | + | The Arizal would give over his teaching orally and his students would write it down. Before his passing, the Arizal warned his student Rabbi Chaim Vital to keep his teachings hidden even from his former students. Rabbi Chaim Vital guarded his notes of the Ari's Kabblah vigorously and did not let anyone see them. Around 1587, Rabbi Chaim Vital fell very ill while he was in Tzfat. [[Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun]] asked his brother, Moshe Vital to let him borrow some of the manuscripts and the latter lent him 600 pages from the Kitvay Ari. |
Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun hired 100 scribes and had them copy the manuscripts over a period of three days, returning the originals before Rabbi Chaim Vital realized they were missing. These copies, filled with mistakes were later edited by Rabbi Shmuel Vital. A more refined version of the Kitvay Ari was later created by Rabbi Abraham Azulai and Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach who removed the original manuscripts from the Kever of Rabbi Chaim Vital after he had them buried with him. | Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Nun hired 100 scribes and had them copy the manuscripts over a period of three days, returning the originals before Rabbi Chaim Vital realized they were missing. These copies, filled with mistakes were later edited by Rabbi Shmuel Vital. A more refined version of the Kitvay Ari was later created by Rabbi Abraham Azulai and Rabbi Yaakov Tzemach who removed the original manuscripts from the Kever of Rabbi Chaim Vital after he had them buried with him. | ||
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==Synagogues and Mikva== | ==Synagogues and Mikva== | ||
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