Isaac Luria
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Most Influential Person Across History
Ottoman rabbi in Egypt and Palestine
Why Is Isaac Luria Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Isaac ben Solomon Luria Ashkenazi , commonly known in Jewish religious circles as Ha'ari, Ha'ari Hakadosh or Arizal, was a leading rabbi and Jewish mystic in the community of Safed in the Galilee region of Ottoman Syria, now Israel. He is considered the father of contemporary Kabbalah, his teachings being referred to as Lurianic Kabbalah.