Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cabalist”. Today it says “kabbalist”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Aaron Abraham ben Baruch Simeon ha-Levi was a kabbalist , born in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. He published a small kabbalistic work, Iggeret ha-Ṭe'amim ( Letter on the Accents ), about the middle of the century, in which each accent and its specific name are explained as containing references to both the Ten Sefirot and the people of Israel . Aaron was one of the greatest masters of the Kabbalah, and that his work contained the most profound secrets which he (Hurwitz) wished to disclose. But in reality it contains only kabbalistic trifles which attempt to show that the solution of the mystery of the Ten Sefirot is indicated in the names of the accents ( ṭe'amim ).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Aaron Abraham ben Baruch Simeon ha-Levi was a cabalist , born in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. He published a small cabalistic work, Iggeret ha-Ṭe'amim ( Letter on the Accents ), about the middle of the century, in which each accent and its specific name are explained as containing references to both the Ten Sefirot and the people of Israel . Aaron was one of the greatest masters of the Cabala, and that his work contained the most profound secrets which he (Hurwitz) wished to disclose. But in reality it contains only cabalistic trifles which attempt to show that the solution of the mystery of the Ten Sefirot is indicated in the names of the accents ( ṭe'amim ).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Aaron Abraham ben Baruch Simeon ha-Levi was a kabbalist , born in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. He published a small kabbalistic work, Iggeret ha-Ṭe'amim ( Letter on the Accents ), about the middle of the century, in which each accent and its specific name are explained as containing references to both the Ten Sefirot and the people of Israel . Aaron was one of the greatest masters of the Kabbalah, and that his work contained the most profound secrets which he (Hurwitz) wished to disclose. But in reality it contains only kabbalistic trifles which attempt to show that the solution of the mystery of the Ten Sefirot is indicated in the names of the accents ( ṭe'amim ).
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cabalist
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kabbalist
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