Azriel of Gerona, cited from Scholem, “New Fragments of R. Azriel of Gerona,” pp. 218-219

 

The name and throne are not complete until [the time that] Amalek is avenged. Therefore they had to offer sacrifices and pronounce the unique name from the threshhold of the Temple Court and inward. In the time of the exile [there are] enlightened ones (maskilim) of Israel and individuals in whom is the knowledge to bless and sanctify the name in secrecy and openly; it is as if the Temple were built in their days.

Translated by Elliot Wolfson in Through a Speculum that Shines- Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism, Princeton- Princeton University Press, 1994.

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