Template:Did you know nominations/Shimon Lavi


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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 02:53, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Shimon Lavi

 * ... that Shimon Lavi, leader of Tripoli Jewry in the 16th century, wrote the most popular kabbalistic hymn in the world? Sources: Jewish community leader: Or Shalom Center (Hebrew); Most popular kabbalistic hymn: Encyclopaedia Judaica entry, Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
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Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 23:50, 6 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg Interesting life, on good sources, Hebrew sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - I tried to fix a ref error but may have gotten the year wrong, please check. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
 * thanks for the review. Yes, the year you put in is correct. Yoninah (talk) 18:12, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Symbol possible vote.svg Pulled from prep due to issues raised with the hook at WT:DYK, after request by nominator. New hook will be needed; have struck the hook as promoted, and have not included the changed version due to objections from said nominator. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:50, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg ALT1: ... that 16th-century kabbalist Shimon Lavi displayed knowledge of alchemy in his commentary on the Zohar?  Source: "Writing in 1570, Simeon Labi, the North African rabbi of Tripoli and author of the Ketem Paz (Livorno, 1795), a barely explored, large commentary to the Zohar, is amiably inclined toward alchemy". Alchemy and Kabbalah, p. 46) Yoninah (talk) 23:24, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I could approve it, sourced as it as, but I am not happy, sorry. Any way the hymn could also be mentioned? Why would I care about alchemy and nothing else? - Will that hymn have an article? If it's really so popular, it should have, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:16, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The hymn does have an article: Bar Yochai (song). But while he's known for the hymn, he's also known as one of the great Sephardi kabbalists. Many people are interested in Kabbalah, not just Jews, and it's interesting that he talks about alchemy in his book as well. Yoninah (talk) 13:22, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg understanding better, thank you. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:42, 7 January 2018 (UTC)