This man developed his philosophy in the Galilean town of Safed, where he moved to learn from Moses Cordovero.
This man wrote three Aramaic hymns which each correspond to one of the three Sabbath meals. His actual teachings are only reflected in the writings of his chief disciple Hayyim Vital. This man developed his philosophy in the Galilean town of Safed, where he moved to learn from Moses Cordovero. He taught that the purpose of human existence was "tiqqun," a process of "mending" the divine realm to its prior state. The mending process is necessary because the infinite "Ein Sof" contracted itself to create space, before concentrating a divine light into a series of vessels which shattered under the strain. This 16th century mystic drew on intensive reading of the (*) Zohar. For 10 points, name this Jewish mystic whose account of the creation inspired his dominant namesake variant of Kabbalah.
This man wrote three Aramaic hymns which each correspond to one of the three Sabbath meals.
Isaac ben Solomon Luria