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Mikdash Melekh author

Mikdash Melekh author

1700 CE1780 CE · Acharonim

Shalom Buzaglo was a Moroccan-born Jewish scholar who flourished in the eighteenth century, eventually settling in London. He was a master of Kabbalah and halakha, and is best remembered as the author of Mikdash Melekh, a celebrated and voluminous commentary on the Zohar that synthesizes kabbalistic interpretation with rigorous textual analysis. His work became influential in both Sephardic and Ashkenazi circles, serving as a standard reference for those seeking to understand the mystical dimensions of Jewish law and tradition. Buzaglo's erudition encompassed both the esoteric and exoteric dimensions of Torah, and his commentary remains studied by advanced students of Kabbalah to this day.

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