Safed Spirituality: rules of mystical piety, the beginning of wisdom

Safed Spirituality: rules of mystical piety, the beginning of wisdom

Gathers sixteenth-century writings about ethics, mysticism, and Jewish spirituality by some of the many teachers in the Galilean community of Safed.

New York : Paulist Press

Translation and introduction by Lawrence Fine ; preface by Louis Jacobs

Series: Classics of Western spirituality

Rules of mystical piety: Introduction -- Moses ben Jacob Cordovero -- Abraham ben Mordecai Galante -- Abraham ben Eliezer ha-Levi Berukhim -- Joseph Karo -- Additional customs from Safed -- Isaac Luria -- Elijah de Vidas's Beginning of wisdom / as condensed by Jacob Poyetto: The gate of repentance -- The gate of holiness -- The gate of humility -- The gate of fear -- The gate of love -- Description of the ten sefirot.

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