Meir ben Ezekiel Ibn Gabbai

Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai was a 16th-century kabbalist. He was born in Spain but forced to flee as a young boy during the Spanish Expulsion and eventually settled in Egypt. He wrote three important works on Kabbalah. At age 26, he wrote Tola'at Yaakov, a work of kabbalistic explanations of the prayers and blessings. His most popular work is Avodat HaKodesh, an introduction to the study of Kabbalah. His Derekh Emunah discusses the ten sefirot, or divine emanations, a foundational concept in Kabbalah.