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Rabbi Petaya (or Fetaya, Fetiyah (1859-1942)) is an Iraqi-born mekubal a great and holy sage thoroughly versed in theoretical and practical Kabbalah along with oral and written Torah. was born in Baghdad and died on ZaKh Menahem Av in Jerusalem. He was the main student of the Yosef Hayyim and was also a student of Hakham Shimon Agassi. Rabbi Yehuda also writes of his experiences with earthbound souls (ruchot & dibbukim), and the exorcisms that he performed. 25 he was expert in the open and esoteric meanings of the Torah, and he wrote his first work based on Jewish mysticism (called Yayin Ha-Rokach — “Spiced Wine”) This work is a commentary on the two Idras of the Zohar and Minhat Yehuda, that incorporates kabbalistic interpretation of Tanakh through his encounter with spirits, while Bet Le`hem Yehuda, his major work, is the authoritative commentary on the Sefer Etz Hayim of Isaac Luria and his student, Hayim Vital. Like many kabbalists, he practiced the kavanot of Shalom Sharabi. He claimed to have been a reincarnation of Yechezkel Landau. He was expert in the esoteric significance of names and incantations, wrote amulets and healed the sick(hidabrut) He was famous in Baghdad and later in Jerusalem for being the uncontested master in the science of kosher Qame`ot (amulets) and their writing, in the science of reincarnations and spirits, together with Jewish oneiromancy. To this day, the only proper amulets have their origin in his teachings, in his identification of their source. He also devoted much writing to the difference between dreams emanating from Heaven and from demons.