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Author:Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai

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Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai
(1480–1540)

Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai (Hebrew: מאיר בן יחזקאל אבן גבאי) was an enthusiastic kabbalist born in Spain toward the end of 1480. Being the first of his generation to treat the kabbalah systematically, he must be regarded as the precursor of Moshe Cordovero and Isaac Luria. His first work, completed in 1507 and held in high regard, was Tola'at Ya'aḳob, a kabbalistic exposition of the prayer ritual. His chief work, which he finished December 22, 1531, after having spent eight years on it, was Avodat Hakodesh, in which he expounds in detail his kabbalistic system, making a close study of Maimonides in order the better to refute him. In 1539 he wrote an exposition and defense of the Sefirot under the title Derekh Emunah, in answer to his pupil Joseph ha-Levi, who had questioned him in regard to his doctrine of the Sefirot, Gabbai basing his work on Azriel of Gerona's Perush 'Eser Sefirot.

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  • Tolaat Yaakob
  • Derekh Emunah

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