Лурия, Исаак

Isaac Luria AKA The Ari AKA The Lion AKA Isaac (ben Solomon) Luria Ashkenazi AKA in Hebrew:יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi), AKA "Ha'ARI" ("The Lion"),AKA "Ha'ARI Hakadosh" [the holy ARI] AKA "ARIZaL"[the ARI), AKA Zikhrono Livrakha Israel (Ashkinazi family from Germany) 1534 – 1572 AKA 5294 - 5332 in the Hebrew Calendar Teachers: Moses ben Jacob Cordovero; David ibn Zimra, Chief Rabbi of Egypt AKA Radbaz; Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ; Rabbi Akiva; Uncle Mordecai Frances; Rabbi David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra ; Zimra's successor, Rabbi Bezalel Ashkenazi; Students: Rabbi Chaim Vital; Isaac Satanow; Rabbi Avraham Beruchin; Pascal Themanlys; Eliahu Klein; Gershom Scholem ; Christian D. Ginsburg aka Christian David Ginsburg, a Jew in Poland, converted to Christianity,London (1821-1914); Moses de Leon; Friends: Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz; Rabbi Jacob Berab; Rabbi Moses di Trani; Rabbi Joseph Caro; Joseph ibn Tabul; Rabbi Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi Berukhim; Rabbi Israel Najara; Rabbi Eleazar Azikri; Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas; Rabbi Moses Alshech; Rabbi Joseph Hagiz; Rabbi Elisha Galadoa; and Rabbi Moses Bassol; Enemies: Organizations:Lurianic School of Qabalah Author: Etz Chayim, ("Tree of Life"), in eight volumes; commentary on the Sifra Di-Zenivta section of the Zohar, a commentary to Zevachim; Comments: creator of Lurianic Kabbalah; Rabbi; Qabalist; Klipot ; tikkun; Zohar; The Hebrew word ARI AKA Lion, is explained by the Qabalist as Aleph, the beginning or Spirit entering the world, through Resh, the Sun, or "Head of the solar system, distilled into the Yod, or seed /sperm of what Humans can create. The Solar - Phallic connection is balanced by the Lunar Womb. To "father" a Tribe, Jacob needs both Leah (Night) and Rachel (Day); spoke to "spirits" like Elijah the prophet, developing communication with the souls of tazddikim (The Righteous); created the idea of tzimzum, that G-d inhaled HIMSELF to make space into which HE exhaled Creation; the “shattering of the vessels” or shevirah as G-d's LIGHT overwhelmed each of the Sepheria in turn, cracking it, and spilling downwards to Earth; tikkun olam [repairing the world]; uses the Human Body / Adam Kadmon to described G-d's different attributes; "Every time that a human performs a mitzvah (commandment), she raises one of the holy sparks out of the hands of the forces of evil and restores it to the upper world. " (from George Robinson's Isaac Luria & Kabbalah in Safed); Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Luria; http://www.kabbalah-source.com/category.asp?catcode=5&AdCat=13&parentid=13; Kabbalah of Creation: the mysticism of Isaac Luria, Founder of Modern Kabbalah by Eliahu Klein, 2000; http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Luria.html; http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Theology/Kabbalah_and_Mysticism/Kabbalah_and_Hasidism/In_Safed.shtml ; The CHaBaD view - http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm