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  • 61OSTROPOLER, SAMSON BEN PESAḤ — (d. 1648), kabbalist. No details are known about Ostropoler s life except those few that can be deduced from his own writings. During his lifetime, in the second quarter of the 17th century, he became widely known throughout Poland as the… …

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  • 62YEẒIRAH, SEFER — (Heb. סֵפֶר יְצִירָה; the Book of Creation ), the earliest extant Hebrew text of systematic, speculative thought. Its brevity – no more than 1,600 words altogether even in its longer version – allied to its obscure and at the same time laconic… …

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