Editing The Arizal (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 farbrenged several times and delivered sichos for this day, explaining the lessons to be learned from the Arizal.