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The Famous Rabbi -
The Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeshitz
Author of the book- Ya'aros Devash
He is known as the "Rebbe Reb Yehonossan", because after his death he came back to people in dreams, and gave them advice and guidance. And in the case of one man he made him do Teshuva- repent for the error of his ways, and changed. The Rabbis therefore called him "the Rebbe Reb Yehonossan" as he was a Rebbe in this world and a Rebbe in the spirit world.
This is a print of his most famous book Yaaros Devash, which in one part is a collection of the Sermons - Droshos he gave whilst he was Rabbi of Metz . Together with many other highly evolved spiritual thoughts and ideas .
This famous spiritual book , was written whilst The Rebbe Reb Yehonossan was Rabbi of Metz, France
Here is a photo of his hand written letter
( Rabbi Bamberger of Metz, and the Metz jewish comunity have many of his writings and "kemayas" , which i hope to upload to this website over the next few months )
One of the "Kemayas" of The Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeshitz .
For those who understand hebrew, numerology, and Kabbalah you will find the secret, (otherwise come back to this website soon and i shall have more explained)
The Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeschitz was by all opinions one of the major Rabbinic figures of the first half of the 18th century. The son of Reb Nosson Nota Eibuschitz, he was born in 1660, apparently in Posen, and studied in his youth in Poland, Moravia and Prague. And he lived to 1764, the age of 104. The family have told me a tradition that the Rebbe Reb Yehonosson was blessed with the life of a fish by the Baal Shem Tov, which perhaps explains his longevity. The segula of of the fish - in addition to conferring immunity from the עין הרע Ayin Hara, such a blessing could confer long life, because a fish can live virtually infinitely. ( with thanks to Lawrence Heller a descendant of the Rebbe Reb Yehonosson for this information ) .
The first half of his mature life was spent in Prague -- about 1715 to 1740 -- where he served as rosh yeshiva, was a highly respected and charismatic preacher and, from 1736, upon the death of Rabbi Dovid Oppenheim, also dayan --head of the religious court. During the Prague period he also had conatct with both Christian clergy and lay intellectuals, and discussed religious matters with Cardinal Hassebauer and others.
He apparently aroused much controversy by his plan to print an edition of the Talmud with the "anti-Christian" passages censored -- a plan that was thwarted by the other rabbis of the time.
From 1741 on he was in Germany, first in Metz (Mainz), and later in Altuna, as rabbi of the "three communities" of Altuna, Hamburg and Wandsbek (Ah"o). It was here that violent controversy broke out over his alleged Shabbsai tzvi. Shabbas tzvi refers, of course, to the great messianic movement which swept Jewry during the mid-17th century, centered around the figure of Shabsai Zevi, which persisted even after his forced conversion to Islam in 1666 and his death in 1676. The movement was rooted in a complex, tortuous Kabbalistic theology, based upon the teachings of the Lurianic Kabbalah of 16th century Safed, but took these in a new direction, crossing the line into heresy with mystical doctrines of descent into the realm of the forbidden in order to redeem sparks of the Divine present therein. This same panchant for mystical dialectics provided the fuel for mystical rationalizations of Shabbasai Zevi's apostasy, making possible the persistence of an underground, crypto-Shabbasia movement well into the 18th century, and possibly beyond. The above is but a drop in the bucket of the serpentine doings of this bizarre chapter in Jewish history. The interested reader is referred to Gershom Scholem's monumental study, "Shabbasai Tzvi, The Mystical Messiah (1626-1676)," available in both Hebrew and English.
With respect to Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeschitz's principal nemesis, and leader of the accusations against him of Sabbatianism, was Rabbi Jacob Emden (the "Yavetz"), of Altuna. This dispute split the Jewish and especially rabbinic world of the day, spilling over into halakhic issues as well, such as the famous divorce case in the city of Cleves. The Noda Beyehudah (Rabbi Yehezkel Landau of Prague) tried to intercede to make peace, but to no avail. At one point even the King of Denmark was involved. One of the major accusations against Eibeschitz concerned amulets KEMAYA which he made, containing holy names ( as such an accepted Orthodox Kabbalistic practice, current to this day) which allegedly contained allusions to Shabbasai Zvi.
Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeschitz died in Metz in 1764. He was an acknowledged genius in at least three separate areas of Jewish religious creativity: Talmud and Jewish law (halakhah); homiletics (derush) and popular preaching; and Kabbalah. His halakhic works include Urim ve-Tummim and Kresi u-Pleisi, on various sections of the Shulhan Arukh. These works, like his Talmudic novellae, are outstanding examples of the school of pilpul -- ingenious, often hair-splitting novellea on the Talmud -- which reached its height in the 17th and 18th centuries, but unlike many pilpulists his work is written in a clear and incisive manner, based on clear logical principles. His homiletic works include Ya'aros Devash and Ahavas Yonasan.
In the area of Kabbalah, as is befitting an esoteric science, he wrote but little, but was considered one of the greatest Kabbalistic masters of his day. Given the deep involvement of Sabbatianism in Kabbalah, it was not unexpected that he be prone to suspicion. Moreover, given the underground nature of Sabbatianism in this period, it was next to impossible to conclusively disprove that oneself, or any other given person, was not a Sabbatian.
In any event, there remains much controversy among historians and scholars over Rebbe Reb Yehonosson's Sabbatianism. Some hold that he never was; others that he was in his youth, but later rejected it; while a third school and correct school holds that he never was, but to be able to understand and argue for the defence of main stream Jews in Europe , he studied and analysed the Shabbsai Tzvi ways .
The Rebbe Reb Yehonossan , as can be seen from his books, was undoubtedly one of the deepest thinkers, knowledgable and saintly of the Rabbis of that generation .
This is photo of the Rebbe Reb Yehonossan Eibeshitz Gravestone and his wife .
In a Letter to his son, revealed after he died, he explained that he was a re-incarnated soul from Binyomin son of Yaakov Aveinu (Jacob). And in the same way that Benjamin was falsely accused by Joseph and the Egyptians for stealing a golden cup (Genesis chapter 44). The Rebbe Reb Yehonosson was falsely accused by the Rabbis of the time in Europe.
In Breishis Genesis chapter 45 verse 22, the story relates that Joseph gave Benjamin 5 changes of clothing, this was symbolic that Benjamin would be re-incarnated 5 times. 1st life was as Benjamin, 2nd life as Yehonossan son of King Saul, who was from the tribe of Benjamin, 3rd life as Mordechai from the Book of Ester who was also from the tribe of Benjamin, who saved the Jews from Haman with Queen Esters help . 4th life as Reb Yehonosson Eibeshitz, and 5th life he would live at the time Moshiach, in the future . במהרה בימינוּ אמן
We shall be uploading more of the Holy Book "Yaaros Devash" to this website over the next few months .
Lessons from "Yaaros Devash" - The important question of "Astrology"
Can "astrology" the movement and energy of the planets and the astrological time of ones conception & birth influence the events of ones life ? and can we OVERIDE astrological destiny with the power of our soul ?
The Famous Yaaros Devash
We have reproduced the whole passage above for those who can read hebrew . For those who cannot - This important passage teaches us that the SOUL can overide ANY astrological influence . This passge teaches that even Ahaseurus a bablonian king of 2000 years ago and his astrolgers knew that there are some influences of astrology, but there are precipitating and overiding SOUL influences that can CHANGE destiny . Hence astrologers do not always predict the correct future as they fail to take into account the influence of the soul .
According to this Jewish text, it explains how simple it is to CHANGE, even something that is fated and destined can be changed . This is the principle of SEFER SHINUYIM - the book of change and Sefer Tikunim - the book of corrections , that through the power of ones SOUL , that is the power of the creative life energy of GOD - LOVE, and conversely the lack of GOD - which is hate and death, one CAN CHANGE EVERY SITUATION !
The power of LOVE and HATE can change destiny !
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We shall be uploading more lessons of Yaaros Devash
to this website soon from January 2008
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