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Send a Prayer to the grave of R' Benayahu ben Yehoyada Rabbi Benayahu ben Yehoyada lived in the time of King David and was considered both the most brilliant warrior of his day as well a brilliant Torah scholar. He was King David’s chief counsel. Price: $36.00	Send a Prayer to the grave of the Maor Vashemesh Born in Galicia, Southeast Poland, (date unknown) Passed away in Cracow, Poland, 1827. Rabbi Klonymos Kalman Halevi Epstein, better known as the Maor Vashemesh ("Light and Sun"), the title of his work, was the most celebrated of the students of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. Born in Galicia, Southeast Poland, (date unknown) Passed away in Cracow, Poland, 1827. Rabbi Klonymos Kalman Halevi Epstein, better known as the Maor Vashemesh ("Light and Sun"), the title of his work, was the most celebrated of the students of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk. The Seer of Lublin said that R' Klonymos is the reincarnation of the Tana Rabbi Eliezer ben Charsom, who was a Kohen Gadol (high priest) during the Second Temple. Price: $36.00 Read more	Send a Prayer to the grave of R' Yonatan ben Uziel (Amuka) Passed away (yahrzeit) on the 26th of Sivan. Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel never married, dedicating his time in this world to learning Torah. Praying at his resting place is known to draw down blessing in the search for a soul mate. Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel lived 2000 years ago. He was the greatest of all the students of Rabbi Hillel. Passed away (yahrzeit) on the 26th of Sivan. Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel never married, dedicating his time in this world to learning Torah. Praying at his resting place is known to draw down blessing in the search for a soul mate. Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel lived 2000 years ago. He was the greatest of all the students of Rabbi Hillel. The Talmud [Sukkah 28a] reports that birds passing above his head would burn from the fire of the angles assembling to hear his Torah study.[see Rashi there.] Price: $36.00
Send a Prayer to the grave of R' Shimon bar Yochai (Meron) Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai passed away on the 18th of Iyar. The Zohar, the primary source text of Kabbalah, is built around Rabbi Shimon's revelations to his inner circle of disciples. During the hours before his passing, on Lag b'Omer, he disclosed the "most sublime" secrets of Torah in order to ensure that this day would always be an occasion for great joy for everyone. Price: $36.00	Send a Prayer to the grave of R. Yosef Caro Passing (yarzeit) is the 13th of Nissan. Rabbi Yosef Caro is most famous as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the Code of Jewish Law. There was not a single matter of national or global importance that did not come to the attention and ruling of the Safed Beit Din. Its rulings were accepted as final and conclusive. Although he rarely touched upon kabbalistic matters and customs in his legal writings, Rabbi Yosef Caro was very involved in the study of kabbala. Passing (yarzeit) is the 13th of Nissan. Rabbi Yosef Caro lived from 5248-5335 / 1488-1575 CE. He is most famous as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the Code of Jewish Law. He is also known for his monumental commentary, Beit Yosef, on the entire Arbaah Turim. Together with his great assiduousness in Torah study, Rabbi Caro lived a somewhat ascetic life of numerous fasts and self-infliction. Rabbi Caro was the co-head of the Rabbinical Court of Safed in an era when it was the central rabbinical court in all of Israel, and indeed of the entire world. Price: $36.00 Read more	Send a Prayer to the grave of R. Shlomo Alkabetz The power of your prayers will rise on High...We will go to the gravesite of the Holy Ari with your prayer requests for only $18 in honor of Rosh Hashana-the Jewish New Year . This offer is available until 9 am Israeli time September 28th, 2008. May you and yours have a happy, healthy, wonderful New Year! To know more about the Holy Ari, please click in and read... Passed on in 5340 (1580 CE) and is interred in Safed. Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz was one of the great kabbalists living in Safed during the time of the great luminaries of Kabbala: Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (Ramak) and Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (Arizal). Rabbi Shlomo is most renowned for his hymn "Lecha Dodi", sung at the inauguration of the Sabbath. Price: $18.00 Read more
Send a Prayer to the grave of R. Moshe Cordevero Passing, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5330 (1570). Among the great luminaries of Kabbala, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, the Ramak, was one of the most prolific and systematic exponents of the teachings of the Zohar as well as the writings of almost all the early Kabbalists. Passing, the 23rd of Tammuz, 5330 (1570). Among the great luminaries of Kabbala, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, the Ramak (an acronym taken from the first letters of his title and name), holds a particularly important place as one of the most prolific and systematic exponents of the teachings of the Zohar as well as the writings of almost all the early Kabbalists. Although it is not certain that the Ramak himself was born in Safed, he spent most of his life in this holy city, the home of Kabbala. The Ramak became one of the leading Kabbalists in Safed. Price: $36.00 Read more	Send a Prayer to the grave of Rabbi Elazar, son of the Rashbi Passing (yartzeit) is the 25th of Elul. When his father R’ Shimon fled Roman capture and torture for speaking against their tyrannical rule, both he (R’ Elazar) and his father (R’ Shimon) hid in a mountain cave for 13 years and expounded the secrets of the Torah together, teachings which later provided the basis for the holy book of the Zohar. A great Torah scholar in his own right, R’ Elazar is buried next to his illustrious father on Mt. Meron. Passing (yartzeit) is the 25th of Elul. On the occasion of R’ Elazar’s Bar Mitzva, the Zohar relates that: "R’ Shimon Bar Yochai [R’ Elazar’s father] invited the leading scholars of the Mishna to partake of a great festive meal which he had arranged. He was very happy because (as he explained), "On this day, a holy and exalted soul descended... Price: $36.00 Read more	Send a Prayer to the grave of R' Avraham Dov of Avritch Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch, [1765-1840 - yartzeit 12th of Kislev], a Chasidic Rebbe in Europe for forty years and in Safed for ten, was a disciple of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev and the first two Rebbes of the Chernobyl dynasty. His famous book of Chasidic commentary, Bat Ayin, was written in Europe, but he refused to allow it to be printed until he could 'expose' it to the air of the Holy Land and refine it. One of the most famous true stories involving Rav Avritch was when the great earthquake of 24 Tevet 1837 (Jan. Price: $36.00 Read more