Yosef Yaakov (Yoske) Sabatka (Hebrew: הרב יוסף יאסקי) was a Torah scholar, moralist and '' Kabbalist''; he is often referred to as "Yosef Yoske of Dubno" (or "Joseph ben Judah Jeidel"). He was born in

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in 1659, son of the ''

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'' and Kabbalist, Yehuda Yudel of

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. יוסף יוסקה בן יהודה יודל (1659-1706), מדובנה

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He was known for his piety, and served as Rabbi for the region of

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, and later, in 1698, became ''Av Beit Din'' of

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; he died there in 1702. Amongst his students is Rabbi

Tzvi Hirsch Kaidanover Rabbi Ẓebi Hirsch Kaidanover (c. 1650 – 1712), a native of Wilna; was the author of ''Kav ha-Yashar'' (). He was the son of Rabbi Aaron Samuel Kaidanover and a pupil of Rabbi Joseph ben Judah Jeidel, rabbi of Minsk and later of Dubno. Rabbi ...

, author of ''

Kav ha-Yashar ''Kav ha-Yashar'' (lit. ''The Just Measure''; קב הישר), authored by Tzvi Hirsch Kaidanover (c. 1648–1712), a rabbi at Frankfurt and son of Aaron Samuel Kaidanover, is an "ethical-kabbalistic collection of stories, moral guidance, and cust ...

''. Rabbi Yosef Yoske is the author of two works - ''"Yesod Yosef"'' and ''"Ne'ima Kedosha"'' - and is often referred to by those titles: *''Yesod Yosef'' is an ethical work, infused with the

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teachings of the Ari. It was first printed in ''

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'' in 1785. *''Ne'ima Kedosha'' נעימה קדושה
listing at the

is a ''Shabbat'' ''

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'' (poem) - with commentary and teachings - composed by Yosef Yoske; the work also lists recommended behaviors and

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