Who was the mystic Alkabetz?
By Israel Drazin I mentioned Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz in my two-part article on the basic notion of mystics, the sephirot, and the Friday night hymn Lecha Dodi. I will now give some information about this mystic. Alkabetz (c. 1500-1580) wrote several books but is best known as the author of the very popular [...]