Rabbi Yosef Gikatilla

יוסף ג'יקטיליה

Kabbalist · 1248–c. 1305

Sephardi · EstablishedChristian Iberia

Castilian kabbalist and student of Abraham Abulafia, later close to the circle of Moshe de León. His Sha'arei Orah, The Gates of Light, explains each of the ten sefirot through the divine names of the Bible and became one of the classic introductions to kabbalah, translated into Latin in the Renaissance.

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