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Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah

Safed Spirituality

Rules of Mystical Piety, The Beginning of Wisdom

by Lawrence Fine · Lawrence Fine (trans.)

This Classics of Western Spirituality volume translates the ethical and devotional rules of sixteenth-century Safed kabbalists, including Cordovero, Luria and others, along with selections from Elijah de Vidas's Reshit Hokhmah. Lawrence Fine's introduction describes the town's extraordinary mystical culture. It shows how Kabbalah shaped daily conduct, prayer and penitence, and suits readers interested in lived mystical practice.

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