Isaac Luria

A Letter, Hidden in a Bookbinding for Centuries, Provides a Rare Glimpse at the Life of Judaism’s Greatest Mystic

A message to Isaac Luria.

Hanan Greenwood
Jan. 24 2022 12:01AM

How Coffeehouses Came to Jerusalem

Imams and rabbis condemned them, but they flourished nonetheless.

Ronit Vered
July 27 2021 12:01AM

The Kabbalistic Miracle-Worker Who Could See the Unseen, but Not Change It

Isaac Luria and the legend of Safed.

Eli Yassif
Aug. 28 2019 12:01AM

Pray with the Tables and Chairs

Rather than eschewing the physical, the Chabad movement aims to reveal the material world as another form of divine expression.

Don Seeman
Oct. 2 2013 12:00AM