Moses (Moshe Rabbenu)

The receiver — Kabbalah means "reception," and the chain of custody the tradition recites begins "Moses received Torah from Sinai." He reached the forty-ninth gate, spoke face to face, glowed on descent, and died by a kiss with the fiftieth gate still shut. In Raya Mehemna he returns as the Faithful Shepherd, still teaching inside the Zohar's visions.