Editing The Ari (section)

== Life History ==
Rabbi Yitzchak Luria was born in [[Jerusalem]] in [[1534]]. At age eight, his father Rabbi Shlomo passed away, and he went with his mother to his uncle in [[Egypt]], where he learned Torah from Rabbi Betzalel Ashkenazi (author of the Shita Mekubetzet), as well as from the [[Radvaz]]. At age fifteen, he married his cousin. He spent a long time in seclusion.

In 1570, at age thirty-six, he ascended to [[Eretz Yisrael]] and arrived in Tzfat. For a brief period, he was a student of Rabbi [[Moshe Cordovero]], and after his passing on the 23rd of Tammuz 1570, the Ari was accepted by all the great scholars of Tzfat as the [[Ramak]]'s spiritual heir and began teaching [[Kabbalah]] in Tzfat, establishing dozens of students known as the Ari's cubs. Among the most prominent were: Rabbi Chaim Vital, Rabbi Yisrael Sarug, and many others.

The Arizal passed away on the 5th of Menachem Av 1572, at age thirty-eight, and was buried in the ancient cemetery in Tzfat. [[The Rebbe]] instructed several times to visit his grave, especially on his [[yahrzeit]]. In the 400th year since his passing, [[1972]], the Rebbe wrote a special [[general-private letter]] for his yahrzeit. The Rebbe [[Farbrengen|farbrenged]] several times and delivered [[Sicha|sichos]] for this day, explaining the lessons to be learned from the Arizal.