▁who ▁had ▁demanded ▁to ▁know ▁why ▁people ▁wer en ' t ▁studying ▁his ▁teach ings . ▁" My ▁Tor ah ▁has ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Pres ence ▁back ▁from ▁its ▁ex ile ," ▁the ▁man ▁told ▁them . ▁The ▁two ▁realized ▁that ▁the ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁dream ▁was ▁the ▁A riz al , ▁the ▁six teenth - century ▁myst ic ▁of ▁Saf ed , ▁who ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁reg rett ed ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁few ▁Jewish ▁men ▁who ▁studied ▁the ▁Tor ah ▁also ▁studied ▁Kab bal ah , ▁in ▁particular ▁the ▁Ash ken azi ▁Jews ▁of ▁Jerusalem . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁the ▁only ▁place ▁where ▁the ▁A riz al ' s ▁teach ings ▁were ▁studied ▁was ▁the ▁Beit ▁El ▁Syn agog ue ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁On ▁the ▁spot , ▁A uer bach ▁and ▁Hor ow itz ▁decided ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁yes h iva ▁for ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁A riz al ' s ▁k ab bal ah ▁and ▁share ▁the ▁respons ib ilities ▁as ▁joint ▁ro she i ▁yes h iva . ▁ ▁The ▁yes h iva ▁opened ▁shortly ▁afterwards ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁City ▁of ▁Jerusalem , ▁with ▁accommod ations ▁for ▁a ▁Tal m ud ▁Tor ah , ▁a ▁yes h iva ▁k et ana , ▁a ▁yes h iva ▁ged ola , ▁and ▁a ▁kol le l ▁for ▁married ▁students . ▁ ▁C urr icul um ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁yes h iva ▁published ▁a ▁pam ph let ▁describing ▁its ▁a ims ▁and