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Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh – one of the greatest living teachers of Sages – the collective term for the Rabbis who taught, organized,
Kabbalah and Chassidut, he has authored over ninety books on and eventually wrote down the oral tradition in the form of the
a wide range of subjects. Many of his books synthesize Torah Mishnah, Talmud, and Midrash.
and Kabbalah wisdom with the secular sciences and arts. Sanhedrin – the Jewish High Court of seventy-one ordained scholars

Rambam – see Maimonides. played a very important role in the life of ancient Israel. The
court convened in one of the Temple’s chambers in Jerusalem.
Ramban – see Nachmanides.
After the Temple’s destruction, it moved from place to place till
Rashi – Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, known by the acronym Rashi. He its disbandment in the 4 century CE.
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lived (1040-1105) in France and was one of the most important
and prolific commentators in the last thousand years. His Sefer Yetzirah – The Book of Formation; one of the most ancient and
commentaries on the Bible and Talmud are still studied and influential of Kabbalistic texts, containing teachings that date
universally admired. back to Abraham. According to many, it was redacted by Rabbi
Akiba in the 2 century.
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Rebbe Nachman (1772-1811) – the great-grandson of the Ba’al Shem
Tov; the author of the Chassidic classic Likutei Moharan and Sefirot – pl. of sefirah; a conduit of Divine energy or life force. The
teller of many of the most famous Chassidic allegorical stories model of the ten sefirot is one of the primary paradigms used
for which the movement is known. He is buried in Uman, in Kabbalah to describe the interface between God and the
Ukraine; every year on Rosh Hashanah tens of thousands of spiritual and physical worlds, as well as the construct of the
his followers gather to be near his grave. human soul.
Seven Commandments of the Children of Noah – the Noachide
Remez - the deeper meaning, alluded to or hinted at by the text.
laws – according to the Torah there are seven universal laws
Rosh Chodesh – “the new moon”; the first day of the month, incumbent on all humanity beginning with the time of Noah
celebrated as the Festival of the New Moon. and lasting for eternity. These include the general prohibitions

Ruach – “spirit”; the second ascending level of soul, associated with of worshiping any entity other than the One God, blasphemy,
the emotions; also means wind, and is the root of the Hebrew murder, theft, adultery, and eating the flesh of a live animal.
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Ruach hakodesh – Divine inspiration (literally “holy spirit”); an
inspired state of consciousness. Shalem Vachetzi – “a whole and a half”; a concept developed by
Rabbi Abraham Abulafia, a twelfth century Kabbalist, pays
Safed – (Hebrew: Tzfat); one of Israel’s four “holy cities,” along note to the numerical ratio of a whole number and its half,
with Jerusalem, Hebron, and Tiberias. Situated in the high when applied to the numerical equivalent of words and their
mountains of the Galilee, Safed has a special mystical ambience associated concepts.
that has drawn scholars and mystics throughout the ages. In
the 1500s it became an especially strong magnet for Jewish Shechinah – “indwelling” or “Divine Presence”; this term is associated
mystics, and it is best known for the great Kabbalists who lived with the “feminine” aspect of Divinity and the immanent
and taught there during this period, including the Arizal. presence of God in the world.

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