To understand the text, one must understand the man. Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah was a leading figure in the Kabbalistic scene of the Middle East. Born into a family of scholars, he was a disciple of the great Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad). After a profound spiritual awakening following a severe illness, Rabbi Fatiyah dedicated his life to the study of the Zohar and the Lurianic Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari).
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