Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz [Alqabeṣ] (ca. 1505, Salonica[?] – ca. 1584, Safed[?]) was a prolific author and a teacher of some of the most important kabbalists and legists in Jewish history, including Joseph Caro and Moses Cordovero. Born into a Sephardic family that had been expelled from Spain, Alkabetz grew up in Salonica, where he attended the yeshiva of Joseph Taitatzak (Taitaṣak; also Taitazak) and instructed pietists in Kabbala mysticism. In 1529, Alkabetz set out on a journey to Palestine, arriving in Safed before 1535/6. On the way, he spent time in Edirne (Adrianople), where he…