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Levana Chajes
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Jerusalem, Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), Israel
Local time: 12:50 IDT (GMT+3)

Native in: English Native in English
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Portfolio Sample translations submitted: 1
Hebrew to English: Translation of Kabbalistic Ilanot
Source text - Hebrew
העדויות לרוב מסעותיו של קופיו הן עקיפות, ומבוססות על זיהוי כתיבת ידו הייחודית. מתוך קולפונים שהוא השאיר לכתבי יד שונים, אנו יודעים על שתי מסעות אותם עשה. הראשון לכיוון ערי הים התיכון, לוב ותוניס, ואולי אף לאיטליה; השני לכיוון העמקים שבדרום מרוקו, לארצות הדרעא והסוס. כפי שעולה מתיאורו את המסע הראשון, שהתרחש בשנת 1709, מטרת המסע הייתה השגה של חיבורים קבליים, והבאתם למרוקו.
בהיות שנדדתי ממקומי כצפור לעוף כדרור לנוד הביאני ה' פה העירה טאראבטלס (טריפולי) יע"א [יגן עליה אלהים] עיר של חכמים ושל סופרים ומצאתי את שאהבה נפשי פי' אידרא רבה עם פירוש האר"י זצוק"ל ועוד פירוש אחר נוסף משל הרב הכולל המקובל האלהי כמוהר"ר יעקב בר חיים צמח נר״ו
Translation - English
Our knowledge of Coppio’s travels is largely based on the colophons written in his distinctive handwriting on various manuscripts. Of two of his journeys we may be certain: the first to Libya and Tunisia, and perhaps even Italy, and the second to the valley regions of Drâa and Sous in Southern Morocco. From his description of his first journey in 1709, we learn that the objective of the trip was the acquisition of kabbalistic works and their transfer to Morocco.

Since wandering from my home as a flying bird, as a wandering swallow, God has brought me here to the city of Ṭarābulus (Tripoli), may God protect her, a city of wise men and of scribes. And I found him whom my soul loves, i.e. the Idra Rabba (Great Assembly) with the ARI Z”L’s interpretation, and an additional interpretation by the Rabbi, the all comprehending, the Divine kabbalist, our honorable teacher, our rabbi, the Rabbi R. Yaakov Ben Hayyim Tzemach ,may he be protected and redeemed by the Merciful One.

Translation education Bachelor's degree - Tel Aviv University
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I was raised in Israel by American parents, going back and forth between the States and Israel, and therefore both English and Hebrew are native to me. I specialize in the translation of academic articles with a focus on Jewish history, philosophy, Kabbalah, and Talmud, in addition to original sources and manuscripts. My recent projects include the translation of a series of Jewish amulets from the 17th and 18th centuries, and prior to that, editing and formatting an article on psychoanalysis and Kabbalah. Currently, I'm translating for the Israel Science Foundation-supported Ilanot Project, which catalogs kabbalistic cosmological diagrams.  

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