Yehuda Fatiyahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Rabbi Yehuda ben Moshe ben Yeshou`ah Fatiyah, also pronounced Fetayah (1859-1942) was born in Baghdad and died on ZaKh Menahem Av in Jerusalem. He was the main student of the Ben Ish Chai. Rabbi Fatiyah was a leading Kabbalist and authored many works of Kabbalah, among which three are well known: Yayin haReqa`h, Bet Le`hem Yehuda and Min`hat Yehuda. The first work is a commentary on the two Idras of the Zohar, the third incorporates Kabbalistic interpretation of Tanach through his encounter with spirits, while the second, his major work, is the authoritative commentary on the Sefer `Ets `Hayim of the Arizal and his student, Rabbi Hayim Vital. Like many Kabbalists, he practiced the kavvanot of Rabbi Shalom Sharabi. He claimed to have been a reincarnation of Rabbi Yechezkel Landau.