Maximillian Wetter

Abraham Nathan ben Elisha Hayyim Ashkenazi (ca. 1643/4–1680), more commonly referred to as Nathan of Gaza, was a gifted kabbalist and Torah scholar who served as the central prophetic figure of Sabbateanism, the messianic movement surrounding Sabbatai...

Abraham ben Shmuel Abulafia (1240–ca. 1291) was a foundational Spanish Kabbalist who created a unique form of Jewish mysticism. His approach, commonly referred to as Ecstatic Kabbalah or Prophetic Kabbalah, emphasized how one could elicit a direct...

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) was a philosopher, scholar, mystic, poet, and activist whose teachings during the twentieth century left an indelible mark on American Jewish life. Having seen his entire way of life eradicated during the Holocaust...

Yisra’el ben Eliezer (c. 1700–1760), more commonly known as the Ba’al Shem Tov (“Master of the Good Name”) or Besht[ 1 ], was a Jewish mystical teacher and founder of the Hasidic movement, the most prominent sect of Jewish mysticism that began in Eastern...