HOROWITZ

horowitz, isaiah (c. 1555-c. 1630), jewish rabbi and mystic, was born at prague, and died at safed, then the home of jewish kabbala. his largest work is called _shelah_ (abbreviated from the initials of the full title _shene luhoth ha-berit_, "two tables of the covenant"). this is a compilation of ritual, ethics and mysticism, and had a profound influence on jewish life. it has been often reprinted, especially in an abbreviated form. for an account of the jewish mystics at safed see s. schecter, _studies in judaism_, series ii. (1908).