The Wonders of Harav Yitzchack Kadouri

53 Street. The Kabbalists who joined him there would pray using the special prayer book of the Rashash (a seventeenth century Kab- balist) while concentrating on the various intents and deeper concepts of the words they said during prayer. As a result, their JURXS ZDV DZDUGHG WKH WLWOH RI µ7KRVH WKDW SUD\ ZLWK LQWHQW¶ E\ the other worshippers. When the Yeshivat Porat Yosef was reestablished in the Geu- ODK QHLJKERUKRRG WKH 5DY¶V JURXS RI .DEEDOLVWV PRYHG LQWR the yeshiva building to study there. After the demise of the GHDQ RI WKH \HVKLYD +DUDY (]UD $WWLDK WKH .DEEDOLVWV GLVEDQGHG 7KH QHZ heads of the yeshiva, Harav Yehudah Tzeddaka zt”l and Harav Ben Tzion Abba-Shaul zt”l advised the group to regroup and take their place in the Ohel Rachel synagogue, on Polansky Street, near the Arzei Habirah neighborhood. They then took on the name Emet Veshalom , in memory of the original foun- der and supporter of their group, Avraham Shalom z”l. Dor Yesharim The Rav continued to learn with his group of Kabbalists, Emet Veshalom , until 1980. At that point, the Rav left the group to form his own yeshiva. The group continued to keep the name Emet Veshalom HYHQ DIWHU WKH 5DY¶V GHSDU - ture, and existed for many more years. The following are the names of the Kabbalists who learned in Yeshivat Porat Yosef in the Geulah neighborhood (taken from the registry of the yeshiva in 1950) : Harav Shalom Azoulai, Harav Ben Tsion Atonn, Harav Shaul David Chai, Harav Yitzchak Hadaia, Harav Yosef Zarouk, Harav Yitzchak Kadouri, Harav Sasson The group of Kabbalists in the 7]R¿RI synagogue, the Rav sitting third from right