There are four branches in Israel divided in different customs “The Israelites shall camp each with his Flag, under the banners of their ancestral house” (Bemidbar 2, 2). “The Arizal used to say that there are four Flags, as well as there are four branches in Israel divided in different customs. Sefarad, Ashkenaz, Catalunya and Read more about Arizal: The four branches of Israel[…]

According to Arizal there are 12 gates for prayers in heaven, one for each tribe of Israel as there were 12 gates in the Jerusalem Holly Temple “There are many differences between the [various] prayer rites, between the Sefardi rite, the Catalan rite, the Ashkenazi rite, and the like. Concerning this matter, my master [the Read more about Arizal: The secret of the twelve gates[…]