Yehuda Fatiyah
{{Short description|Iraqi Kabbalist (1859–1942)}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Yehuda Fetaya
| other_names = Yehuda ben Moshe ben Yeshou`ah Fetaya
| birth_date = 1859
| birth_place = Baghdad, {{flag|Ottoman Empire}}
| death_date = 1942
| death_place = Jerusalem, {{flag|Mandatory Palestine}}
| nationality = Ottoman, Mandatory Palestine, and Iraqi Jew
| occupation = Rabbi, kabbalist
| notable_works = * Yayin haReqa`h
- Bet Le`hem Yehuda
- Min`hat Yehuda
| image = Rav Yehuda Fatiyah Headstone.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Headstone of Rav Yehuda Fatiyah
| religion =
| native_name = יהודה פתיה
| native_name_lang = he
}}
Yehuda Fetaya (Yehuda ben Moshe ben Yeshou`ah Fetaya; 1859–1942) was a leading Kabbalist and authored many works of Kabbalah, among which three are well known, Yayin haReqa`h, Bet Le`hem Yehuda and Min`hat Yehuda.
Life
Yehuda Fatiya was born in Baghdad and died on ZaKh Menahem Av in Jerusalem. He was the main student of the Yosef Hayyim and was also a student of Hakham Shimon Agassi.{{cite book|last=Gottlieb|first=Sch. N.|year=1912|title=Ohole-Schem|script-title=he:אהלי שם|url=https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=36602&st=&pgnum=513|location=Pinsk|page=480|access-date=Aug 3, 2016}}
Works
Yayin haReqa`h is a commentary on the two Idras of the Zohar, Min`hat Yehuda incorporates kabbalistic interpretation of Tanakh through his encounter with spirits, while Bet Le`hem Yehuda, his major work, is the authoritative commentary on the Sefer Etz Hayim of Isaac Luria and his student, Hayim Vital. Like many kabbalists, he practiced the kavanot of Shalom Sharabi.
Fatiyah was famous in Baghdad and later Jerusalem for being the uncontested master in the science of kosher Qame`ot (amulets) and their writing, in the science of reincarnations and spirits, together with Jewish oneiromancy. To this day, the only proper amulets have their origin in his teachings, in his identification of their source. He also devoted much writing to the difference between dreams emanating from Heaven and from demons.{{cite web |url=http://www.kabbalahcoach.com/HebrewSpiritRisingIssue07.htm |title=Hebrew Spirit Rising - Issue 07 |website=www.kabbalahcoach.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207090508/http://www.kabbalahcoach.com/HebrewSpiritRisingIssue07.htm |archive-date=2004-12-07}} [http://rchaimqoton.blogspot.com/2006/04/dreaming.html Reb Chaim HaQoton: Dreaming...] at blogspot.com
Notes
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External links
- [http://www.koshertorah.com/PDF/fatiyah.pdf The Teachings of Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah of Yerushalayim]
- [http://www.nehora.com/tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=fatiyah.htm Nehora: Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025627/http://www.nehora.com/tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=fatiyah.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}
- [http://dafyomireview.com/hidden_tzadikim.php?d=13 stories of Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah]
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Category:19th-century rabbis from Ottoman Iraq
Category:20th-century rabbis in Jerusalem
Category:Sephardi rabbis from Ottoman Palestine
Category:Sephardi rabbis in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Authors of Kabbalistic works
Category:Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives
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