The Prophecy of Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri and the Question of the Messiah Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was far more than a man who left behind a cryptic note. He was, and remains, one of the most revered Kabbalists of the modern era. Having lived through the Holocaust, two world wars, and the early years of the State of Israel, his life spanned some of the most turbulent moments in Jewish history. Settling in Israel in 1922, he went on to establish one of the most prestigious Torah academies in the Holy Land