English Translation
He [the “Kol Aryeh”, may his merit protect us] also had a tradition that when he [the Malbim] was a son-in-law of a wealthy man near Brody, being a young married scholar of 18 years old, he regularly engaged in study at the study house of our holy Rabbi [of Zhidachov], may the memory of the righteous be blessed, and there he was authorized to study the wisdom of Kabbalah. He sat enclosed and secluded in a dark room for a year and a half, until he completed the books “Etz Pri” and “Etz HaChaim” and all the writings of the Ari [Rabbi Isaac Luria], of blessed memory.
“The Kol Aryeh” (Brooklyn 1977) Part 2, page 583
Original Hebrew Version
אַף הוּא [הָ”קוֹל אַרְיֵה” זי”ע] קַבָּלָה הָיְתָה בְּיָדוֹ, כִּי בְּעֵת הֱיוֹתוֹ [הַמַּלְבִּי”ם] חֲתַן גְּבִיר אֶחָד סָמוּךְ לִבְרוֹדִי, בִּהְיוֹתוֹ אַבְרֵךְ בֶּן י”ח שָׁנִים, הָיָה רָגִיל לְהִתְאַבֵּק בְּבֵית מִדְרָשׁוֹ שֶׁל רַבֵּנוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ זצ”ל מִזִּידִיטְשׁוֹב, וְשָׁם סְמָכוֹ לִלְמֹד חָכְמַת הַקַּבָּלָה. וַיֵּשֶׁב סָגוּר וּמְסֻגָּר בְּחֶדֶר אָפֵל שָׁנָה וּמֶחֱצָה, עַד שֶׁהִשְׁלִים אֶת סִפְרֵי “עֵץ פְּרִי” וְ”עֵץ הַחַיִּים” וְכָל כִּתְבֵי הָאֲרִ”י ז”ל.
“הַקּוֹל אַרְיֵה” (בְּרוּקְלִין תשל”ז) ח”ב, עמ’ תקפ”ג
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