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This work is a concise commentary on the Zohar’s image of the “Great Dragon” as taught by Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Arizal). Composed by his disciple Ibn Tabul with further glosses by Yirah HaAri, it traces Moses’ ascent through the four worlds (Assiah, Yetzirah, Beriah and Atziluth), identifying the “Dragon” with the Partzufim of Arich Anpin (Sandalphon, Metatron, etc.), the nine “rivers” of divine light, and the interplay of sefirot—from Keter down through Malchut. Through careful exegesis of verses in Parashat Bo (Zohar 34) and related passages, it unfolds the symbolic anatomy of cosmic chambers, crowns, and the secret names that underlie creation’s structure.
Ibn Tabul was a 16th-century Safed kabbalist and one of Rabbi Isaac Luria’s direct disciples, just like Hayyim Vital.
Ibn Tabul was a 16th-century Safed kabbalist and one of Rabbi Isaac Luria’s direct disciples, just like Hayyim Vital.