Idra

The Idra (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אִדְרָא, romanized: iḏrā, lit.

Contemporary scholars believe the Idra dates to the third generation of Zoharic literature, which also produced the two anonymous or collective works of the Tikunei haZohar and Ra'aya Mehemna "Faithful Shephard" as well as other Zoharic material.

There are two texts in Zoharic literature called the Idra.

16th century Lurianic Kabbalah systemised the Zoharic partzufim in its recasting of the whole Kabbalistic scheme.

On one occasion, as recorded by Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, Isaac Luria convened his students in the traditional location of the Idra Rabba Assembly near Meron, placing each one in the designated location of their former incarnations as the students of bar Yohai.

Traditional location of the Idra Rabba Assembly, near Meron