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soul…that if God forbid one of us encounters misfortune, we will all assist him.." One of the stipulations was that if a son was born to one of the group, three members would go to learn Torah by the newborn's side every night until its circumcision to act as a safeguard for the child. On the night before the
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was for the first time printed under the auspices of the yeshiva around 1866. Distinguished scholars of
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Sharabi chose twelve select disciples who were to form a special group called Ahavat Shalom (love of peace). They signed a pledge of eternal friendship which hung on the door of the Holy Ark in the yeshiva. Part of the document reads: "..all twelve of us shall be as one glorious
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communities. Rabbi Hayon had organized the life of the yeshiva around prayer services, which through mystical communion with God would bring the scholars closer to understanding the secret teachings of
Kabbalah. Rabbi Sharabi initiated regulations, orders and
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damaged the building and the
British Municipality ordered the building be demolished. No sooner had the order been received, plans got underway to rebuild and eight months later in March 1928 the new extended premises were completed.
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Yeshivat HaMekubalim Beit El. Upon Rabbi Guez's death, his foremost student
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of Syrian Jewry, Rabbi Yaakov Kassin), and Rabbi
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