Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
From Zissil
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| Hebrew: | |
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| אריה משה אליהו קפלן | |
| Life: | |
| October 23, 1934 - January 28, 1983 | |
| Other Names: | |
| RA"K, Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu ben Shmuel | |
| Description: | |
| Popular author with books on Kabbalah, meditation and Jewish theology. |
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan was a Jewish author, writing over 50 books, some of them related to Kabbalah and Jewish Meditation. He passed away suddenly at the relatively young age of 48, leaving a wife and nine children. His books have brought many unaffiliated Jews closer to Judaism and spirituality. At the same time also serving as a springboard for members of the Yeshivish community into a new path of Kabbalah, Breslov and Chasidus.
Born to Shmuel and Feiga Kapplan in 1934.
[edit] Kever Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan is buried in Har Hazaysim.
[edit] Yortzite of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
The yortzite of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan is on the 14th of Shevat. Some of his students have a custom of visiting his kever on his yortzite.
- Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Photo Gallery
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