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Isaac the Blind (Hebrew: רַבִּי יִצְחַק סַגִּי נְהוֹר Rabbī Yīṣḥaq Saggī Nəhōr, literally "Rabbi Isaac, of much light"; c. 1160–1235 in Provence, France), was a French rabbi and a famous writer on Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism).
ISAAC THE BLIND (" Sagi Nahor "; c. 1160–1235), a central figure among early kabbalists, the son of *Abraham b. David of Posquières. He was usually referred to as "He-Ḥasid" and *Baḥya b. Asher called him "the father of Kabbalah."
Isaac the Blind was the son of Abraham ben David of Posquières. Described as ‘the father of the Kabbalah’, he was the author of several works including a commentary to the Sefer Yezirah (ed. G. Scholem, 1963).
French cabalist; flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Isaac is considered the founder of the Cabala; or, rather, he transmuted the mysticism of the Geonim into the present form of the Cabala. He is therefore called by Baḥya b.
One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.” “Yes, Father?” Esau replied. English Standard Version
Yitzchak Sagi Nahor (Isaac the Blind) was a Provençal rabbi and kabbalist. He was the son of [Ra'avad] (https://www.sefaria.org/topics/raavad), and was active at the time that "Sefer HaBahir" was first emerging in public. In some circles, he was considered its author.
The movements sound like they are in three of the languages spoken in almost 6,000 years of Jewish history: the first in Aramaic, the second in Yiddish, and the third in Hebrew. I never wrote it ...
