Israel Sarug Ashkenazi (also "Saruk" or "Srugo") (16th century; 1590–1610) was a pupil of

Isaac Luria Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi (1534 Fine 2003, p24/ref> – July 25, 1572) ( he, יִצְחָק בן שלמה לוּרְיָא אשכנזי ''Yitzhak Ben Sh'lomo Lurya Ashkenazi''), commonly known in Jewish religious circles as "Ha'ARI" (mea ...

, and devoted himself at the death of his master to the propagation of the latter's Kabbalistic system, for which he gained many adherents in various parts of

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. Among these the most prominent were Menahem Azariah da Fano, whom he persuaded to spend large sums of money in the acquisition of Luria's manuscripts, and

Aaron Berechiah of Modena Aaron Berechiah ben Moses ben Nehemiah of Modena (1549-1639) was an Italian cabalist. He is the author of ''Ma'avar Yabboḳ'', the primary source text for Jewish burial practices. Biography Aaron Berachiah was a pupil of Rabbi Hillel of Modena ...

, author of the ''Ma'abar Yabboḳ'' (''Ma'abar Yabboḳ, Ḳorban Ta'anit,'' i.). Sarug lectured also in various places in

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and in

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. In the latter city one of his disciples was Abraham de Herrera. Sarug was the author of: * A Kabbalistic essay entitled ''Ḳabbalah,'' published in the ''Maẓref la-Ḥokmah'' of Joseph Delmedigo (Basel, 1629) * ''Hanhagot Yosher,'' or ''Tiḳḳun Ḳeri,'' or ''Ḳeri Miḳra'' (Salonica, 1752), hodegetics to asceticism * ''Ḳonṭres Ne'im Zemirot Yisrael,'' a Kabbalistic commentary on three of Luria's

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for

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References

Its bibliography: *

Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...

, Cat. Bodl. col. 1173; * Grätz, Gesch. x. 420; * Fuenn, ''Keneset Yisrael'', p. 700.

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Notes on the Study of Later Kabbalah in English: The Safed Period & Lurianic Kabbalah

Which Lurianic Kabbalah? Kabbalists 16th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Isaac Luria {{Rabbi-stub