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	The Ari (1534-1572) / Appendix A: From the Authentic Sources / Interview with the Future / Books / Rav Michael Laitman ...
		Chaim Vital wrote everything he’d heard during that time, and what he’d written comprised the twenty volumes of the writings of the Ari.
		Chaim Vital began his studies with the Ari at a very early age, and studied with him for only 18 months, until the death of the Ari.
		Even Chaim Vital did not have the sufficient knowledge to comprise a comprehensive and concise method, suitable for every soul that descends to this world, despite the tremendous efforts he made to preserve those texts for us.
	www.kabbalah.info /eng/content/view/full/4329 (1963 words)

	De Kabbalist
		Chaim Vital Calabrese werd in 1542 in Tsfat geboren.
		Chaim Vital hield zich fanatiek aan deze belofte tot ergernis van de andere kabbalisten die zich wilden verdiepen in de leer van Luria.
		Chaim had de hoop dat hij de ultieme verlossing aan zijn volk zou bezorgen tijdens zijn leven.
	www.dekabbalist.nl /historischepersonages-chaim.html (643 words)

	History of Reb Chaim Vital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabbi Chaim Vital (sometimes referred to as Rabbi Chaim Vital Calabrese, since his family was from Calabria, Italy) was born 1st Cheshvan in the jewish year 5303 (that is 1543 CE).
		Rabbi Chaim remarked that the works of earlier kabbalists, from after the Ramban [Nachmanides, 4955-5030 (1195-1270 CE)] until the Arizal, were built on mortal intellect, whereas the teachings of his master, the Arizal, were revelations received by the Arizal through Divine inspiration (ruach HaKodesh).
		Reb Chaim Vital died and was buried in Damascus Syria, his entire grave was moved from the old cemetary in Damascus to Kiriat Malachi in Israel.
	www.famousrabbis.com /gilgul/rebchaim.htm (1681 words)

	Chaim Vital
		Rabbi Chaim Vital was unquestionably the leading disciple of the Holy Ari, Rabbi Isaac Luria, and his foremost interpreter.
		Rabbi Chaim was born in Eretz Yisrael, probably in Safed.
		It is an amazing fact that the Ari who died in 1572 (at the age of 38) studied with Rabbi Chaim for less than two years and that the extensive body of writings transcribed by Rabbi Chaim came from that short period.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Vital.html (315 words)

	Hayyim ben Joseph Vital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabbi Chaim Vital apparently married at a young age.
		In the center of the garden was G-d Himself, seated on a throne that was surrounded by the pious, resting on elaborate tapestries.
		In 1604 Rabbi Chaim Vital's sight began to fail; in 1620 he died while preparing to return to Safed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaim_Vital (911 words)

	NLPVF:: Geert Kimpen: The Kabbalist (De kabbalist) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chaim is an exceptionally ambitious young man who dreams of a splendid future in Tsfat, a small town in North Galilee where the majority of Kabbalah interpreters live and study.
		Instead, however, Chaim is informed that he must take lessons from Luria, who has the reputation of being a sham.
		The relationship between the men is a troubled one from the outset, and becomes even worse when Chaim takes a fancy to Luria’s daughter, Francesa, and Luria explicitly forbids him to love her.
	www.nlpvf.nl /book/book2.php?Book=519 (332 words)

	Rabbi Chaim Vital
		Rabbi Chaim Vital was the closest disciple of the great 16th-century kabbalist, the Ari - Rabbi Itzchak Luria.
		Rabbi Chaim Vital studied with The Ari for a period of less than two years (both men were in their 30's !), until The Ari left the world.
		The Ari claimed that the soul of Rabbi Chaim Vital, was a very high soul, from the same root of soul of Rabbi Akiva and King Chizkiyahu, both the father (Rabbi Yosef Vital) and son (Rabbi Shmuel Vital) of Rabbi Chaim Vital were sparks of soul of the great Tana, rabbi Meir Baal HaNess.
	www.judaicaplus.com /tzadikim/chaimvital.htm (757 words)

	Recensieweb Het evangelie van Chaim Vital
		En groot, dat wil Chaim Vital, zoon van de te vroeg en in mysterieuze omstandigheden gestorven beroemde Toracommentator Yosef Vital, ook worden in datzelfde jaar 5323.
		Dat, Chaims kameraadschap met handlezeres Anna, tevens zijn huismeesteres, de intriges van Itschaks grote concurrent Zimra, maar vooral de opdracht een boek te schrijven met Itschaks wijsheid bepalen Chaims leven in het komende jaar.
		De echte Chaim Vital schreef enkele geschriften over de kabbala, en hun recente herontdekking was de aanleiding voor Van Kimpen om zich op de materie te storten.
	www.recensieweb.nl /content/recensie.php?id=225 (932 words)

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		R' Chaim Vital writes in the Shaar HaKavanos that in order to simplify his task in recording the Arizal's nusach, he based himself on the foremost nusach Sefard siddur of his time, that published in Venice in 5284 (1524) by Daniel Bomberg, about ten years before the Arizal was born.
		Until Rabbi Remer came along, no one had reconstructed R' Chaim Vital's version of the Arizal's nusach with the 5284 Venice Siddur on which it was based.
		Rav Chaim Vital in Shaar HaKavonas writes that rather than going through the bother of recording the entire nusach of the Arizal, he would simply note those places in which his Rebbe's nusach differed from that of the 5284 siddur.
	www.virtualgeula.com /rimer/rimer.htm (1286 words)

	Ascent of Safed - In The City of Kabbalah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabbi Chaim Vital was born and raised in Safed.
		From that day Rabbi Chaim Vital both comprehended the wisdom of the kabbalistic system of his mentor, and became its principal disseminator and redactor, in the form of the multi-volume Kitvey Ari-"Writings of the Ari," the authoritative writings of the holy Ari of blessed memory.
		Rabbi Chaim Vital (1543 - 30 Nisan 1620) Student of Rabbis Moshe Alsheich and Moshe Cordevero, but best known as the main disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria and the authoritative redactor of his doctrines, as recorded in Etz Chaim ("Tree of Life").
	www.ascent.org.il /cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=446-36 (860 words)

	History of Sefer Gilgulim by Reb Chaim Vital - Book of Re-incarnation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabbi Chaim studied Kabbala under the leading kabbalistic luminary in the world at that time, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (Ramak).
		Reb Chaim Vital - His kever (tomb) was moved to Kiriat Malachki, photo on the right is of his grave with thanks to www.thirdtemple.com
		The fact that 5373 letter of the Torah starts the word GILGIL גילגול is no fluke nor accident as Reb Chaim Vital had collected all his writings and compiled the book Shaar Gilgulim in the Jewish Year 5373 which was 7 years before he died.
	www.famousrabbis.com /gilgulim/history.html (1789 words)

	R. Chaim Vital - Jewish Knowledge Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chaim Vital: senior disciple of Kabbalist Rabbi Isaac Luria, the "Ari," live in Sefad, 1542?-1690
		Nissan 29 is the yahrtzeit (anniversary of the passing) of the famed Kabbalist Rabbi Chaim Vital (1542?-1620), author of the mystical work Eitz Chaim.
		Rabbi Chaim was the leading disciple of Rabbi Isaac Luria (the "Holy Ari," 1534-1572) and the...
	www.chabad.org /search/keyword.asp?kid=9192 (158 words)

	Chaim Joseph David Azulai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabbi Chaim Joseph David ben Isaac Zerachia Azulai (1724 – 21 March 1807), commonly known as the Chida (by the acronym of his name), was a rabbinical scholar and a noted bibliophile, who pioneered the history of Jewish religious writings.
		He was born in Jerusalem, where he received his education from some local prominent scholars.
		Nevertheless he firmly believed that Chaim Vital had drunk water from Miriam's well, and that this fact enabled him to receive, in less than two years, the whole Kabbalah from the lips of Isaac Luria (see "Ḥayyim Vital," in Shem ha-Gedolim).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaim_Joseph_David_Azulai (1099 words)

	The Ari Hakadosh
		This time, Rav Chaim Vital heeded the message, and set out to Tzefas to meet the Ari, resolving that if the Ari explained the difficult passage, he would become his devoted student.
		Rav Chaim Vital was so impressed by that encounter that he became the Ari's principal pupil and most dedicated follower, recording the Ari's teachings for posterity and spreading them throughout the world.
		In his introduction to Eitz Chaim, Rav Chaim Vital describes the multifaceted aspects of the Ari's knowledge of the kabbala: "He knew the secrets of Creation, the secret of Divinity, the language of birds and trees, the secrets revealed by fire as it interacts with coal, as well as the language of the angels.
	hasidicnews.com /wwwboard/messages/186.htm (6234 words)

	Sefer Gilgulim
		According to the teachings of Reb Chaim Vital, the Sefer Gilgulim, was written as a practical guide to help each and every person along their pathway in life.
		To rectify and purify their soul from mistakes of a previous lifetime, in order to elevate ones individual soul and thereby elevating the spiritual essence of the whole world, as we are all connected.
		Once you have read and understood the basics, according to Reb Chaim Vital, who wrote this book 440 years ago, he guarentees that once your soul is opened up to this knowledge, then together with your guardian angels, you will learn even more by yourself, through your own intuition.
	www.yarzheit.com /heavensregister/sefer.htm (1348 words)

	Vital, Chayyim, Etz Chayyim, The Tree of Life (WOC ed., sel.), Shaarei Kedusha, Gates of Holiness, Sefer Ha-Goralot, ...
		The tree of life: this is the first gate from the huge work of Chayyim Vital, compiled from the teachings of the Ari (Isaac Luria).
		The version that we introduce is with the comments of Chaim Vital.
		Vital even explains the 72 Names of God, with their angels.
	www.everburninglight.org /Vital-Chayyim-11.html (325 words)

	The Essence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the year 5329 (1569 CE), at the age of 26, Rabbi Chaim began writing a commentary on Zohar, the primary text of Kabbala, according to the approach of his first teacher of Kabbala, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (Ramak).
		It is without doubt, however, that Rabbi Chaim is most famous for his voluminous codification of the teachings of the Arizal.
		Around 5347 (1587 CE), Rabbi Chaim was in Safed where he fell gravely ill. His brother, Moshe, allowed R. Joshua ben Nun, a good friend of Rabbi Chaim, to borrow 600 pages of his manuscripts for a few days.
	safed-kabbalah.com /Sages/ChaimVital.1.htm (1027 words)

	Kabbalah
		Rabbi Chaim Vital is the major transmitter of the teachings of the Ari.
		I became a student in the school of Kabbalah and halachah of the renowned scholar Chassid Vishnitz and kabbalist Rabbi Meir Stern, Shlita, the Rabbi of the Tomb of Rebbe Shimon.
		The divine intentions that were handed over from the Arizal to Rabbi Chaim Vital are from as high a source and prophecy as the teachings of Elijah the prophet and Moses our teacher.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/judaism/kabbalahR.htm (5600 words)

	The Centrality of Character in Judaism -- Darche Noam Institutions
		Whereas every year the pair was usually well received by Rav Chaim, this year Reb Ber had a feeling he was not being honored by the Rosh Yeshiva the same way that Reb Leib was.
		Reb Ber approached Reb Chaim and said, “Excuse me Rebbe, perhaps I’m mistaken, but I had a feeling that the Rav did not relate to me during my visit the way he usually does.
		Rav Chaim did not just say, “You have problematic middot.” He said, “The Mashiach cannot come from you.” Good character affects every aspect of our lives and has spinoffs we cannot even imagine — and the opposite is true, G-d forbid, for bad character.
	www.darchenoam.org /discussion/CENTRAL.html (1390 words)

	Stories Mezuzah Tefillin Glass Mezuzot factory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Many a time the Ari HaKodosh would send his prized student, Rabbi Chaim Vital on important missions in order to help people who had various problems or were possessed with ruchos and mazikim (harmful or destructive spirits).
		Rabbi Chaim Vital would, of course, use the secret methods of kabbala handed down to him by his revered master in order to expel these destructive forces from the person's home.
		When Rabbi Chaim would ask the mazikim how they were able to gain entry into the house, they would point to the door with the posul Mezuzah.
	glassmezuzah.com /stories/how_they.php (185 words)

	Chabad of Malibu \| Judaica Store - Shaar HaGilgulim The Gates of Reincarnation By: Isaac Luria
		by Rabbi Isaac Luria and Rabbi Chaim Vital
		Based on the writings of the master Kabbalist, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, zt"l (1534-1572), the Arizal, the book was recorded by his foremost disciple, Rabbi Chaim Vital, zt"l, and amended by Rabbi Shmuel Vital, his son.
		Vital information is provided about the future — helping one understand the expected challenges of Jewish history, and in particular, at the "End of Days".
	www.judaism.com /display.asp?nt=aRaSaY&etn=BIHAD&cdo=chabadofmalibu.com&rdcount=2 (337 words)

	Rabbi Chaim Vital
		(sometimes referred to as Rabbi Chaim Vital Calabrese, since his family was from Calabria, Italy) was born c.
		Rabbi Chaim is renowned primarily as the recorder and editor of the teachings of Rabbi
		He began teaching the kabbalistic insights he had received from his master to his many disciples and thus he became the revered leader of a significant group of kabbalists.
	www.kabbalaonline.org /Introductions/history/Rabbi_Chaim_Vital.asp (1050 words)

	Sefer Gilgulim ספר גילגולים
		Soulmates and Soulgroups explains that in reincarnation, it is vital that ones connects with souls of ones soulgroup and one soulmate to be able to accomplish ones destined purpose in life.
		Everything i write is in according to the order Reb Chaim Vital has taught in the book.......
		And so writes Reb Chaim Vital the direct connection to the creative Godly energy of Oneness is only attained in Spirit world.
	www.yarzheit.com /heavensregister/sefergilgulim.htm (2888 words)

	Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - OPINION & COMMENT
		One of the clearest sources is the Eitz Hadaas Tov by HaRav Chaim Vital on Tehillim 124.
		HaRav Chaim Vital explains that the other peoples who impose their will on us in our exiles are compared to various animals -- but not Yishmoel, who practices milah and is the son of Avrohom and is called odom.
		HaRav Chaim Vital notes that the references to malicious waters allude to baptismal waters of Christians, who were primarily interested in converting us and only when we refused did they harm us.
	chareidi.shemayisrael.com /archives5764/noach/oislam.htm (609 words)

	Reincarnation
		Rabbi Chaim Vital was the reincarnation of the Maggid Mishne whose name was Don Vidal.
		The Arizal told the Meharcu, Rabbi Chaim Vital that at the age of thirteen he received a pregnancy soul incarnation of Rabbi Elazar Ben Arad, the student of Rabbi Yochanon Ben Zachai.
		At the age of twenty he received a pregnancy soul of Rabbi Elazar Ben Shammua, the student of Rabbi Akiba, one of the ten martyrs.
	www.jewishmag.co.il /19MAG/REINC/reinc.htm (1318 words)

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		According to the Kabalah, man is meant in a central way to co-operate and communicate with the creation through working with the letters, to name, to understand and to co-create.
		For example, recently three expectant mothers found that practicing the 10-5 breathing during labor greatly facilitated remaining "conscious" with renewed vitality, and ability to detach from the physical pain.
		One healer, doing this breathing for the first time in a workshop, was immediately aware of its life-giving power, and after incorporating the breathing in her work, wrote back to us saying that she called it the "Breath of God".
	www.angelfire.com /pe/ophanim/Ophanim.htm (1582 words)

	Baal Shem Tov & Alter Rebbe - Chabad Talk - Jewish Forum
		It clarifies the Baal Shem Tov’s role in comparison to the Arizal and R. Chaim Vital.
		During an Aliyas Haneshamah (ascending of the soul), the Baal Shem Tov entered the chamber of R. Chaim Vital, the Baal Shem Tov ask him, “Why were you megashem the wisdom of Kabbalah?
		Chaim Vital then gave the Baal Shem Tov his pen and told him: “Shreibt Ir Besser”.
	www.chabadtalk.com /forum/showthread.php3?t=199 (216 words)

	L'Chaim: 522: Beha'alosecha
		I hope that you and your wife conduct your home in accordance with the Torah, which is so-called "Torat Chaim," the Law of Life, meaning that it is the guide to a happy life on this earth.
		When his famous pupil, Rabbi Chaim Vital, arrived in Tzefat to study with the Holy Ari, the Ari took him to the banks of the Kineret, where he filled up a cup and gave him water to drink.
		And it was true that Chaim Vital was given the ability to learn the holy, mystical secrets of the Kabala and master that knowledge.
	www.lchaimweekly.org /lchaim/5758/522.htm (3741 words)

	Judaism 101 - Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG
		Reb Naftali was particularly devoted to the mitzvah of sukkah and it is said that every day he was preoccupied with some aspect of that mitzvah, which was particularly suited to his neshama.
		Chaim Vital had prohibited publication of the writings of the Holy Ari, his reluctance was overridden by later scholars.
		The only praise he permitted on his tombstone was “the singular one in his generation in the knowledge of G-d”.
	www.ou.org /about/judaism/rabbis/ropshitz.htm (584 words)

	Rav-SIG: Online Journal > Sephardic Rabbis Impact Halachah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Rabbi Yoshiyahu was appointed Chief Rabbi of Aleppo and Damascus after the death of Rabbi Chaim Vital in 1620.
		Rabbi Shmuel Vital was the son of Rabbi Chaim Vital, a Chief Rabbi of Syria.
		In 1663, Rabbi Vital left Damascus and moved to Cairo, Egypt, where he remained for the rest of his life (1677).
	www.jewishgen.org /rabbinic/journal/halachah.htm (816 words)

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