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ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Friday, July 14, 2023 25 Tammuz, 5783 - Shabbat, July 15, 2023 26 Tammuz, 5783

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 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Friday, July 14, 2023 25 Tammuz, 5783 - Shabbat, July 15, 2023 26 Tammuz, 5783 Friday, July 14, 2023 25 Tammuz, 5783: Candle Lighting Light Candles at 7:06 PM Jewish History Passing of Rabbi Aharon Berachia of Modina (1639) Rabbi Aharon Berachia ben Moshe of Modina (? - 1639) was an Italian Kabbalist and a student of Rabbi Menachem Azariah of Fano. At the request of the Burial Society at Mantua, he instituted rites for them. The author of many Kabbalistic works, he is perhaps best known for his work Ma'abar Yabbok, which contains mystical dissertations on purity and holiness. He also wrote additional prayers to be offered for the sick and the dead, as well as a code of conduct for their treatment. Many of the prayers recited at the gravesites of the deceased were composed by him. Tradition has it that an angel called a "maggid" would come and study with him, similar to the angel that would visit  Rabbi Yosef Caro . Laws and Customs "The Three ...