Monday, July 23, 2018

mysticism kabbalah - Was Rav Hai Gaon a kabbalist?


In a recent conversation a friend indicated that Rav Hai Gaon was a well known kabbalist, while another friend pointed to his teshuva [teshuvas ha'geonim 115] to indicate that he was not [and wikipedia seems to agree]. Is there any source that supports the claim that he was in fact a kabbalist?



Answer




Shirei Musar Haskel - שירי מוסר השכל - page 39 mentions that in a few locations - (see for example) in the Peirush of Rabbi Moshe Butril to Sefer Yetzira he mentions Rav Hai Gaon as the author of Sefer Hakemitza which is on Kabala.


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