Definitions
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- adjective Pertaining to the mystical ideas of Sabbatai Zevi and his followers.
- noun A follower of this movement.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It begins with an appeal to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and the “King Messiah” to arise and redeem Israel; this prayer derives, through an intermediate text in Yiddish, from Sefer Hemdat Yamim (Book of the Days of Delight), a widely read kabbalistic guide to the Jewish festival cycle, which originated in Sabbatian circles.
Sarah Bas Tovim. 2009
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Secret devotion to the Sabbatian doctrines, which had made their home in Poland, sometimes led to such extremes in dogma and ethics that the rabbis could not contain themselves.
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Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversies
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She is the author of The Pursuit of Heresy: Rabbi Moses Hagiz and the Sabbatian Controversies and Divided Souls: Jewish Converts to Christianity in German Lands, 1500 – 1750.
Elisheva Carlebach. Jewish Women's Archive 2006
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To really measure the limitations of the kabbalistic framework of reference, I would recommend spending some time looking at this gentleman’s Sabbatian material:
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