Rabbi Yitzhak Luria (the Arizal)

האר"י הקדוש, ר' יצחק לוריא

Kabbalist · 1534–1572

One Sephardic or Mizrahi parent · EstablishedExpulsion & SafedHilula: 5 Av

Raised in Egypt by his Sephardi mother's family, he spent only about two years in Safed, yet his teachings transformed Jewish mysticism and Sephardi prayer. Nearly all of what we know came through his student Hayyim Vital.

Lintel inscription of the Ari Synagogue, Safed
Lintel inscription of the Ari Synagogue, Safed. FLLL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Reference record: Wikidata Q339509

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