Naftali Hertz ben Yaakov Elchanan
Naftali Hertz ben Yaakov Elchanan (Bacharach) (17th century) was a German rabbi, born in Frankfurt, author of the controversial work Emeq HaMelekh [1] (Valley of the King, 1648, Amsterdam)[2] on the subject of the Lurianic Kabbalah.
Biography
His most well-known work, Emeq HaMelekh, was based mainly on
Although Emeq HaMelekh contained
The book Emeq HaMelekh is the source for the famous story about the historic Avraham Avinu synagogue in Hebron. According to the introduction, a stranger appeared on the evening of Yom Kippur to serve as the 10th man of the minyan and thus complete the required number of people for a prayer service. After Yom Kippur, the rest of the congregation couldn't find him. That night the hazzan of the synagogue dreamed that the man was speaking to him and told him that he was Avraham Avinu, the Patriarch of the Jewish people who is buried nearby in the Cave of Machpela. The full text of this story and the original cover of the book today hangs on a plaque in the Avraham Avinu synagogue.[5]
Works
1st 2 Gates of Sefer Emeq HaMelekh was translated into English.[6]
References
- ^ Pinson, R. DovBer; Hertz, R. Naftali (2015-06-10). Mystic Tales from the Emek HaMelech. Iyyun Publishing.
- ISBN 9780812218626. Retrieved Aug 17, 2023.
- ^ (Goldworm 1989, p. 158)
- ^ See Scholem (1974) for more details.
- ^ "The Avraham Avinu Synagogue: Miracle past and present by David Wilder". www.hebron.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ISBN 9798709033481. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- Goldworm, H. (1989). The Early Acharonim: Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Early Rabbinic Sages and Leaders from the Fifteenth — Seventeenth Centuries. New York: Mesorah Publications.
- Scholem, Gershom G. (1974). Kabbalah. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House.
- Bachrach, Naftali Hertz (2013) Sefer Emek haMelech (Hebrew Edition, reprinting)
- Brief explanation and English translation of Emeq HaMelekh
- Eliezer Baumgarten, Comments on Rav Naftali Bachrach's Usage of Pre-Lurianic Sources`, AJS Review 37:2 (November 2013) pp. 1–23
External links
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "NAPHTALI HERZ BEN JACOB ELHANAN". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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