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<p>Rabbi Its’hak Louria (1534-1572), connu sous le nom de « <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38844">Arizal</span> », fut l’un des kabbalistes les plus célèbres de tous les temps, dont les enseignements et le mode de vie ont laissé une marque indélébile sur le mysticisme et la pratique juive. Prêt à en savoir plus sur cet homme exceptionnel ? Allons-y !</p>
</section><section><h2>1. Son nom est unique</h2>
<p>Son nom hébraïque était Its’hak (<span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40045">Isaac</span>), fils de Chlomo, descendant de la célèbre famille ashkénaze Louria. Bien que les historiens puissent simplement l’appeler Louria, parmi les Juifs, il est connu sous le nom d’ARI ou <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/894833/jewish/Le-Ari-HaKadoche.htm" title="Le Ari HaKadoche">ARIZaL</a>. En plus de signifier « lion », ARI est l’acronyme de « Eloki (“Divin”) Rabbi Its’hak » ; <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41953">ZaL</span> est l’acronyme de <i>zikhrono liverakha</i>, « [que] sa mémoire [soit] bénie ». Parfois, il est également appelé ARI Hakadoch, « le saint ARI » ou <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm" title="Rabbi Isaac Luria - The Ari Hakodosh">ARIZaL</a> Ha’haï, « le ARIZaL vivant ».</p>
</section><section><h2>2. Il n’était qu’à moitié ashkénaze</h2>
<p>Parfois, le ARI est appelé Rabbi Its’hak <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="34844">Ashkenazi</span>. Son père, Chlomo Louria, était un descendant de <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1695265/jewish/Rachi.htm" title="Rachi">Rachi</a> et de nombreux autres rabbins ashkénazes. Cependant, il est décédé alors que son fils Its’hak n’avait que huit ans, et le jeune garçon a été élevé par son oncle maternel séfarade, Rabbi Mordekhaï Francis d’Alexandrie. Tout au long de sa vie, bon nombre de ses mentors, pairs et élèves étaient des Séfarades parlant le <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39208">ladino</span>, des réfugiés des persécutions chrétiennes dans la péninsule ibérique et leurs descendants.</p>
</section><section><h2>3. Il a étudié sous la direction des grands sages d’Égypte</h2>
<p>En Égypte, il a étudié avec Rabbi Betsalel <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/5926723/jewish/Ashkenazi-Jewish-People-and-Culture.htm" title="Ashkenazi Jewish People and Culture">Ashkenazi</a>, auteur du <i>Shita Mekoubetset</i>, et Rabbi <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40081">David</span> ibn Zimra, connu sous le nom de RaDBaZ. Cependant, une grande partie de son apprentissage s’est faite seul, en solitude, sur les rives du Nil.</p>
</section><section><h2>4. Il s’est apparemment engagé dans les affaires</h2>
<p>Des documents de son époque en Égypte, fortuitement préservés dans la Gueniza du Caire, indiquent qu’il s’est engagé dans le commerce, traitant des épices et du blé (et peut-être d’autres marchandises également). Cela est conforme au précepte selon lequel une personne devrait gagner sa vie par « le travail de [ses] mains », plutôt que d’accepter une bourse d’études.</p>
</section><section><h2>5. Il a fondé l’école mystique de Safed</h2>
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Praying at the resting place of the RaMaK and the ARI (credit: David Cohen/Flash90).
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<p>En 1570, après être retourné en Terre Sainte avec sa femme (qui était la fille de son oncle, Mordekhaï) et ses deux filles, il s’installa à Safed, où une communauté de sages espagnols de la <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39995">Torah</span> s’était formée. Là, il étudia brièvement sous la direction du maître kabbaliste, Rabbi Moché de <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="34492">Cordovero</span>, connu sous l’acronyme RaMaK. Après le décès du RaMaK, ses élèves acceptèrent le ARI comme leur maître et guide, en partie parce que le Arizal était d’une sensibilité spirituelle telle qu’il voyait une colonne de feu suivant le cercueil du RaMaK.</p>
</section><section><h2>6. Nous avons peu de ses écrits</h2>
<p>Il existe très peu d’écrits du ARI lui-même. Ce qui a été préservé comprend des hymnes en araméen pour chacun des trois repas de Chabbat et un traité sur les lois des sacrifices. Cependant, de nombreux enseignements du ARI ont été soigneusement transcrits par son fidèle élève, <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/4396154/jewish/Rabbi-Ham-Vital.htm" title="Rabbi ‘Haïm Vital">Rabbi ‘Haïm Vital</a>. Ces enseignements, publiés sous plusieurs titres, sont collectivement connus (peut-être de manière inexacte) sous le nom de <i>Kitvei HaARIZaL</i>, « les écrits du ARIZaL ».</p>
</section><section><h2>7. L’office du vendredi soir peut être attribué à lui et à ses élèves</h2>
<p>Même avant l’arrivée du ARI, les Juifs de Safed accomplissaient un service spécial pour accueillir le Chabbat tard le vendredi après-midi. En fait, l’hymne <i>Lekha Dodi</i> a été composé par Rabbi <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39076">Shlomo</span> Alkabetz, qui vivait à Safed en même temps que le ARI. Chaque semaine, le ARI et ses élèves quittaient la ville et, face au soleil couchant, récitaient les Psaumes qui sont depuis devenus standard dans presque toutes les synagogues du monde.</p>
</section><section><h2>8. Il a vécu à Safed pendant seulement deux ans</h2>
<p>L’ARI a vécu à Safed pendant seulement deux ans, et les nombreux enseignements que nous avons de lui ont tous été communiqués pendant cette courte période. Pourtant, son influence était si forte que son nom est indissociablement lié à la ville et à ses traditions kabbalistiques.</p>
</section><section><h2>9. Deux synagogues portent son nom</h2>
<p>Dans le quartier ancien de Safed, il y a deux synagogues portant son nom, l’une suivant la tradition ashkénaze et l’autre suivant la coutume séfarade. Située au cœur du quartier, la synagogue ashkénaze (qui a en fait été construite par des Séfarades) est réputée être construite à l’endroit même où le ARI et ses élèves accueillaient le Chabbat. Elle est connue pour son architecture unique, y compris une arche sainte colorée et finement sculptée.</p>
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The Ari Ashkenazi synagogue (credit: David Cohen/Flash90).
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<p>La synagogue séfarade est antérieure au ARI et était à l’origine connue sous le nom de Synagogue du Prophète Élie. On pense que c’est là que le grand maître étudiait et priait réellement. Située à la périphérie de la vieille Safed, elle surplombe le cimetière historique.</p>
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The ARI <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="34774">Sephardic</span> synagogue (credit: David Cohen/Flash90).
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<p>Les deux synagogues ont été gravement endommagées lors des nombreux tremblements de terre qui ont secoué la région et ont toutes deux été largement rénovées.</p>
</section><section><h2>10. Il a enseigné la doctrine des Étincelles Cachées</h2>
<p>Se basant sur le <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40281">Zohar</span> et d’autres textes kabbalistiques anciens, le ARI a exposé et fourni un langage pour décrire les rouages internes de l’univers, décrivant le processus par lequel un D.ieu Infini crée de l’espace pour et amène à l’existence un cosmos fini et opaque.</p>
<p>Selon le ARI, chacune de nos vies a un but fondamental. Dans chaque être se trouve une étincelle divine attendant d’être élevée en utilisant cet objet pour le bien. À une échelle macro, également, l’univers aspire à être élevé et purifié par l’humanité l’unissant à sa source divine.</p>
<p><b>Lire :</b> <b><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/5185488/jewish/Les-bases-de-la-pense-du-Ari.htm" title="Les bases de la pensée du Ari"><b>Les bases de la pensée du Ari</b></a></b></p>
</section><section><h2>11. Il a révolutionné le concept de Tsimtsoum (Contraction Divine)</h2>
<p>L’idée que la relation de <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1849908/jewish/Dieu.htm" title="Dieu">D.ieu</a> avec le monde est médiée par une sorte de contraction de soi a une longue histoire dans la pensée juive, remontant jusqu’au <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="37815">Midrash</span>. Néanmoins, la manière dont le ARI a expliqué cette idée était sans précédent et révolutionnaire : la transition de l’infinitude divine à la possibilité d’un cosmos fini ne peut se produire graduellement, par étapes incrémentielles, mais D.ieu « s’est contracté et a retiré Sa lumière abondante... complètement », laissant « un endroit creux et vide » où le processus de création se déploie. Le récit frappant, visuel, dramatique et dynamique du <a href="/parshah/article_cdo/aid/4828657/jewish/Tsimtsoum.htm" title="Tsimtsoum">Tsimtsoum</a> par le ARI en a fait l’une des idées centrales de la kabbale moderne, dont la signification a été étudiée, débattue et réinterprétée non seulement par des rabbins et des érudits, mais aussi par des philosophes, des artistes et des écrivains bien au-delà des limites de la communauté juive.</p>
<p><b>Lire :</b> <b><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/2351876/jewish/Tsimtsoum.htm" title="Tsimtsoum"><b>Qu’est-ce que le Tsimtsoum</b></a></b></p>
</section><section><h2>12. Il a révélé le rythme intérieur de la pratique et de l’érudition juives</h2>
<p>Comme enseigné par le ARI, basé sur le <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/2936599/jewish/Le-Zohar.htm" title="Le Zohar">Zohar</a>, chaque mitsva, chaque mot de prière et chaque ligne de <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/5538423/jewish/Quest-ce-que-la-Torah.htm" title="Qu’est-ce que la Torah ?">Torah</a> est chargé de nombreuses couches de sens. Chaque acte, aussi banal soit-il, a une signification que nous devons découvrir, examiner et célébrer. De cette manière, l’observance des <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1747158/jewish/Mitsva.htm" title="Mitsva">mitsvot</a> est une expérience vivante, vibrante et spirituelle.</p>
</section><section><h2>13. Il a identifié de nombreuses tombes en Galilée</h2>
<p>La région de la Galilée, dans le nord d’Israël, abritant Safed, Tibériade et diverses autres anciennes villes juives, est parsemée des sépultures de nombreux sages talmudiques. Beaucoup de ces sites, dont les emplacements s’étaient perdus du fait des travers de l’histoire, furent redécouverts par la sainte vision du ARI.</p>
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The resting place of R. <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="21669">Yonatan ben Uziel</span> in Amuka was identified by the ARI (credit: Michael Jacobson).
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</section><section><h2>14. Il a quitté ce monde le 5 Av</h2>
<p>Le ARI est décédé le cinquième jour du mois de <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="42226">Av</span>, en 1572, à l’âge de 38 ans. Dans sa courte vie, il a révolutionné la vie juive, catalysant un renouveau spirituel qui a stimulé le mouvement ‘hassidique et élevé à jamais la vie et la spiritualité juives.</p>
<p><b>Lire :</b> <b><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/894833/jewish/Le-Ari-HaKadoche.htm" title="Le Ari HaKadoche"><b>Biographie du ARI</b></a></b></p></section></div>
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