Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz’s famous hymn “Lekha Dodi.” The historical context: the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, which opened its doors to Jewish immigrants, changed the history of the Jewish world.…
Lekha Dodi: The Hope of the Kabbalists of Safed by Rabbi Shlomoh Alkabets » » »
Le Livre des Visions de Rabbi Haym Vital, l”élève de Rabbi Isaac Louria : le journal du grand maitre mystique de Safed.
Le Livre des visions de Rabbi Haym Vital » » »
The golden age of Safed: over a period of around 40 years, in the 16th century. The town of Safed became the center of the Jewish world, undergoing a spiritual and intellectual revolution without historical precedent.
The Miracle of Safed in the 16th century » » »
Professor Avishai Bar Asher teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Department of Jewish Thought and presents the two manuscripts, Hebrew 788 and Hebrew 789.
The Composition of the Zohar BnF manuscripts » » »
History of the Printing and Publishing of the Book of the Zohar in Mantua in 1558
Print and edit the Sefer ha-Zohar Jean Baumgarten » » »
The issue of the printing of the Zohar in the 16th century is complex. The success of Italian printers in simultaneously producing two printed editions thwartedother ongoing and future manuscript projects of the Zohar and forced the Kabbalists of Safed…
The Printing of the Zohar in Mantua » » »
The text of the standard edition of The Zohar, that of Vilna (1895), sometimes differs significantly from that of the original Mantua edition. We will take a specific example of such differences, retrace its origin and highlight the debates to…
Lurianic Corrections to the Zohar Text » » »
