Safed Kabbalistic circle

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The Safed Kabbalistic circle was a 16th-century mystical Jewish community in the Galilean town of Safed, renowned for its influential development of Lurianic Kabbalah and innovative spiritual practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystical community
Kabbalistic circle
religious movement
activePeriod 16th century
associatedWith Elijah de Vidas
Hayim Vital
Isaac Luria
Joseph Karo
Moshe Cordovero
surface form: Moses Cordovero

R. Moshe Alshich
surface form: Moshe Alshich

Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
surface form: Shlomo Alkabetz
associatedWork Etz Chaim
surface form: Etz Hayim

Lecha Dodi
Pardes Rimonim
Reshit Ḥokhmah
surface form: Reshit Hokhmah
coreDoctrine shevirat ha-kelim
tikkun olam
Tzimtzum
surface form: tzimtzum
corePractice ascetic practices
communal singing of piyyutim
meditative kavanot
mystical prayer
nocturnal study sessions
country Ottoman Empire
developedFormOf Kabbalah
developedInto Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah
floruit mid-16th century
hasKeyFigure Elijah de Vidas
Hayim Vital
Isaac Luria
Joseph Karo
Moshe Cordovero
surface form: Moses Cordovero

R. Moshe Alshich
surface form: Moshe Alshich

Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
surface form: Shlomo Alkabetz
influenced Hasidism
surface form: Hasidic Judaism

Jewish ethical literature
Jewish liturgy
Jewish messianic movements
early modern Jewish mysticism
knownFor development of Lurianic Kabbalah
emphasis on messianic redemption
innovative spiritual practices
mystical interpretation of Torah
language Aramaic
Hebrew
locatedIn Galilee
Ottoman Empire
locatedInPresentDay Israel
mainLocation Safed
partOf Jewish communities in Ottoman Palestine
religiousOrientation halakhic
mystical
religiousTradition Judaism

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Sabbath queen developedIn Safed Kabbalistic circle
subject surface form: Sabbath Queen
Israel Sarug associatedWith Safed Kabbalistic circle
this entity surface form: Lurianic school of Safed
Idra Rabba isAttributedTo Safed Kabbalistic circle
this entity surface form: circle of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Old Cemetery of Safed associatedWith Safed Kabbalistic circle