Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
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Rabbi Elazar ben Moshe Azikri was a Jewish kabbalist, poet and writer.
Rabbi Elazar Azikri's grave in Safed
Semikhah
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Semikhah is the traditional term for rabbinic ordination in Judaism.
Elazar ben Moshe Azikri
…Halevi Alkabetz, Yosef Karo, Moshe Cordovero, Isaac Luria, and Israel ben Moses Najara, among others. He was one of a handful of rabbis to receive the renewed rabbinic semikhah initiated by Jacob Berab. In 1588 Rabbi Elazar founded the "Sukat Shalom" movement, which acted to arouse in Jews devotion to religion. His Sefer Haredim…
Example semikhah certificate, Yadin Yadin, of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan awarded by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. The wording, as is typical, states that the holder is learned in Shas (ש״ס) – i.e. has wide knowledge of Talmud – as well as in Rishonim and Acharonim – i.e. has deep knowledge of Halakha. The phrase "כל מן דין סמוכין לנא" is often included, and translates "anyone of this [caliber] may be ordained for us"; similarly often included is the phrase "הגיע להוראה" (