Rabbi Elazar Azikri
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Rabbi Elazar Azikri was a 16th-century Safed kabbalist and rabbi best known as the author of the mystical work "Sefer Haredim" and the devotional poem "Yedid Nefesh."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rabbi Elazar Azikri canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
author
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kabbalist ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Safed Kabbalistic circle
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mystical pietism ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| era |
early modern Kabbalah
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post-medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName | Azikri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish ethics ⓘ Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish law
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Kabbalistic literature ⓘ devotional poetry ⓘ ethics ⓘ |
| givenName | Elazar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish liturgical poetry
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later Kabbalists ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalUseOfWork |
Yedid Nefesh is recited in some Jewish communities on Shabbat
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Yedid Nefesh is used as a devotional hymn in various prayer customs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
composition of the poem Yedid Nefesh
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emphasis on inner devotion and fear of Heaven ⓘ systematizing commandments by bodily organs in Sefer Haredim ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sefer Haredim
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Yedid Nefesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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poet ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Ottoman Palestine
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Safed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| tradition | Sephardi Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSubject |
commandments in the Torah
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love of God ⓘ religious devotion ⓘ |
| workTitle |
Sefer Haredim
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Yedid Nefesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType |
devotional poem
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halakhic-ethical treatise ⓘ |
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