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Eleazar Ben Judah Ben Kalonymus of Worms AKA Eleazar Rokeach aka "Eleazar the Perfumer" aka אלעזר רקח Germany 1176 - 1238 Teachers: Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg (Judah he-Hasid); Isaac the Blind Students: Isaac ben Moses Elle; Isaac Ben Abraham of Neustadt; Rabbi Abraham Aben Ezra;

Organizations: Author: probable author of Sepher RAZIEL AKA "Sefer Razi'el ha-Gadol."; Ha-Roḳeaḥ, ("The Perfumer"), a halachic guide to ethics and Jewish Law; "Adderet ha-Shem,"; "Moreh Ḥaṭṭa'im," or "Seder ha-Kapparot," on penitence and confession of sin; "Darke Teshubah; "Sefer ha-Ḥayyim," treating of the unity of God, of the soul"Sha'are ha-Sod ha-Yiḥud weha-Emunah," a treatise on the unity and incorporeality of God; "Yir'at El,", psalm magic; Sefirat ha-'Omer; "Sefer ha-Kabod,"; "Yayin ha-Reḳaḥ,; "Ta'ame we-Sodot ha-Tefillah" "Sefer ha-Shem," mystical dissertations on the names of twenty-two letters, with a table of permutations; "Sode Raza," the mysteries of the "Merkabah Chariot meditation /vision quest; Comments: Qabalist; Rabbi ; two crusaders entered his house and killed his wife Dulcina, his two daughters Belat and Hannah, and his son Jacob during Crusades; "gave a new impulse to the mysticism associated with the letters of the alphabet. By the gematria and notarikon systems of interpretation found in the Talmud, Eleazar invented new combinations by which miracles could be performed."* Resources: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12606-raziel-book-of; * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar_ben_Judah_ben_Kalonymus_of_Worms;