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Also Known As Cabbalah • Cabala • Cabbala • Kabala • Kabbalah

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Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Joseph Gikatilla
Spanish Kabbalist
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
Jewish mystic
Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, count di Concordia
Italian scholar
Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto
Italian-Jewish writer
Elijah Delmedigo
philosopher
Adolf Jellinek
European Jewish rabbi and scholar