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	Mesillat Yesharim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mesillat Yesharim ("Path of the Just") is an ethical text composed in 1740 by the influential Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1746).
		Mesillat Yesharim is probably Luzzato's most influential work, forming part of the curriculum of virtually every yeshiva since being introduced by the Mussar Movement of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
		Mesillat Yesharim is perhaps the most important Jewish ethical text of the post-Middle Ages period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mesillat_Yesharim (322 words)

	Mesillat Yesharim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The work Mesillat Yesharim was composed by the influential Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato (1707 - 1746) in 1740 when living in Amsterdam The Netherlands and published in the same city.
		Mesillat Yesharim is probably Luzzato's most influential forming part of the curriculum of virtually yeshiva after being introduced there by the Mussar Movement of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
		Mesillat Yesharim is perhaps the most important Jewish ethical text of the post- Middle Ages period.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mesilas_Yesharim (246 words)

	Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One major rabbinic contemporary who praised Luzzatto's writing was Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, the Vilna Gaon (1720 - 1797), who was considered to be the most authoritative Torah sage of the modern era as well as a great kabbalist himself.
		He was reputed to have said after reading the Mesillat Yesharim, that were Luzzatto still alive, that he would have walked from Vilna to learn at Luzzatto's feet.
		It was the great Torah ethicist, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter (1810 - 1883) who placed the Messilat Yesharim at the heart of the Mussar (ethics) curriculum of the major Yeshivot of Eastern Europe.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moses_Chaim_Luzzato (1029 words)

	Mesilas Yesharim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The work Mesillat Yesharim was composed by the influential Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato (1707 - 1746) in 1740 when living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,and published in the same city.
		Mesillat Yesharim is probably Luzzato's most influential work, forming part of the curriculum of virtually every yeshiva after being introduced there by the Mussar Movement of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter.
		The Vilna Gaon commented that he couldn't find a superfluous word in the first sevenchapters of the work, and stated that he would have traveled to meet the author and learn from his ways if he'd still been alive.These and similar pronouncements largely cleared Luzzato from misgivings by others as to his suspected Sabbatean leanings.
	www.therfcc.org /mesilas-yesharim-107737.html (278 words)

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		Mesillat Yesharim puts it as follows: According to strict justice, there should be no correction at all for a sin, for in truth, how can a man straighten that which he has made crooked, when the sin is already done?
		Rav Elchanan rejects the applicability of this answer to the statement of the Mesillat Yesharim, which indicates that even one who has completely and sincerely regretted his actions requires the attribute of mercy in order for his repentance to be effective.
		Rav Elchanan therefore suggests another answer, based on a distinction of the author of the Mesillat Yesharim in another section.
	www.vbm-torah.org /archive/hol2-2.htm (1824 words)

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		Mesillat Yesharim - The Path of the Upright by Moses Hayyim Luzzatto.
		Kaplan M.M. Mesillat Yesharim - The Path of the Upright by Moses H. Luzzatto.
		Kaplan M.M. - Mesillat Yesharim - The Path of the Upright by Moses H. Luzzatto.
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	Beth Hatefutsoth - Related Links
		Mesillat Yesharim - RAMCHAL (Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzato) (in Hebrew)
		Mesillat Yesharim - RAMCHAL (Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzato)
		Mesillat Yesharim - RAMCHAL (Rabbi Moshe Chayim Luzzato) (in Russian)
	www.bh.org.il /links/JewishTexts.asp (608 words)

	Moses Chaim Luzzato - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rabbi Moses (Rav Moshe) Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1746), also known by the Hebrew acronym as the RAMCHAL, was a prominent Italian-Jewish mystic, best remembered today for his ethical treatise Mesillat Yesharim (Path of the Just).
		It was in this period that he wrote his magnum opus the Mesillat Yesharim (1740), essentially an ethical treatise but with certain mystical underpinnings.
		He stated that having read the work,that there was nothing superfluous in it.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Moses_Chaim_Luzzato (912 words)

	Judaism 101 - Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Though Rabbi Moshe Chaim is best known for his masterly ethical work, Mesillat Yesharim, probably the most popular musar work in Jewish literature, his main focus in most of his numerous works was on the kabbalah.
		In 1740, at the age of 33, he published the Mesillat Yesharim, which contains nary a Kabbalistic word.
		It is a moving, inspiring work describing how a thoughtful Jew may climb the ladder of purification until he attains the level of holiness.
	www.ou.org /about/judaism/rabbis/luzzatto.htm (368 words)

	Moses Chaim Luzzato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One major rabbinic contemporary who praised Luzzatto's writing was Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, the Vilna Gaon (1720 - 1797), whowas considered to be the most authoritative Torah sage of the modern era as well as agreat kabbalist himself.
		He was reputed to have said after reading the Mesillat Yesharim, that were Luzzatto stillalive, that he would have walked from Vilna to learn at Luzzatto's feet.
		It was the great Torahethicist, Rabbi Yisrael Salanter (1810 - 1883) who placed the Messilat Yesharim at the heart of the Mussar (ethics) curriculum of the major Yeshivot of Eastern Europe.
	www.therfcc.org /moses-chaim-luzzato-42074.html (853 words)

	Ofek Institute
		Mesillat Yesharim, the basic ethical work, is presented here in twin versions, both written by RaMHaL:
		b) Mesillat Yesharim B, the known thematic version, published here according to the first edition and corrected from parallel passages in the newly found manuscript.
		Mesillat Yesharim A, an independent work in its own right, helps shed new light on the known printed edition of Mesillat Yesharim.
	www.jerusalembooks.com /ofeq.htm (2312 words)

	Mesillat Yesharim - Contents
		The Mesilas Yesharim (Path of the Just) also reflects this approach.
		What the author essentially did was to explain the Talmudic saying of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, which enumerates the ten steps of drawing dose to God.
		His fame nevertheless caught up with him, and in 5500 (1740), at the turn of the Jewish century, he published his most famous work, the Mesilas Yesharim (Path of the Just).
	www.shechem.org /torah/mesyesh/index.htm (1113 words)

	There's Treasure Everywhere
		He writes that when a person truly understands the value of the mitzvot and his tremendous obligation to carry them out, he will definitely be awakened to do so.
		This, says the Mesillat Yesharim, will inspire us to do more mitzvot by attempting to show our appreciation to Him in whatever way that we can.
		The world itself provides certain things that were created for no active purpose in nature other than the pleasure of Man. The wide variety of fruits, gems, and precious metals, and the fact that the world was created in color and not fl and white, are just a few examples of this.
	www.tfdixie.com /parshat/yitro/011.htm (1517 words)

	The Vilna Gaon and the Ramchal - Hashkafah.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		lamda, if you're interested there's a "critical" edition of the mesillat yesharim (or as critical as frum guys from Cleveland can be), published by Ofeq Institute Inc., 27801 Euclid Ave, Euclid OH 44132, 1995, edited by R. Avraham Shoshana.
		In the introduction, he mentions various praises of mesillat yesharim by the usual cast of characters - R. Ch.
		A great Kabbalist and a brilliant profound thinker, he wrote a book which is still intensely studied today, Mesilat Yesharim, "The Path of the Just." But because he was a Kabbalist, he was hounded out of Italy, and he came to Israel where he died at age 40.
	www.hashkafah.com /index.php?showtopic=4342&view=getlastpost (1458 words)

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	Leviticus : Perashat Kedoshim : The Situation of Holiness — A Jewish Magazine, an Interfaith Movement
		Luzzatto offers an entirely different perspective on the concept of kedusha, most radically in Mesillat Yesharim, the book ironically most frequently perceived as being very "mussar" or "Litvish", that is, of an admonishing and prohibitive nature.
		The person who enlightens him, essentially the mouthpiece of Mesillat Yesharim, is what in contemporary parlance might be recognized as a "hippie", part of a brotherhood who live on the outskirts of town, read Tehillim, sing songs; existing on the fringe of the "normative" Jewish community.
		In the greater communities perception, these "freaks" were not considered to be thinkers at all, hence the scholar's tension in even engaging him in dialogue.
	www.tikkun.org /rabbi_lerner/torah_commentary/kedoshim.html (1393 words)

	Weekly Daf #339
		Ran explains, on the basis of a gemara (Mesechta Shabbat 105b) which tells us to view one who breaks vessels in his wrath as if he were an idol worshipper, that anger can bring one to a momentary abandonment of his faith for which he will be punished in Gehinnom.
		The comparison of the angry fellow to an idol worshipper is elucidated by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzatto in his classic "Mesillat Yesharim." One who is quick to anger over anything which is not to his liking loses control of his senses and would destroy the entire world if he only could.
		He is as out of control as a wild beast and is ready to commit all the sins in the world if his anger should lead him to do so, because he is completely dominated by that anger.
	www.ohr.edu /yomi/yomi339.htm (930 words)

	Korte biografie van Ramchal
		In 1740 geeft hij zijn buitengewoon beroemd geworden boek "Messillat Yesharim" uit, dat tot de ethische moesar-literatuur behoort, dat de weg van de ziel tot eenwording met G-d beschrijft.
		Het hoofdstuk "Over de Bevrijding" van zijn "Maamar ha-Iekkariem" heeft, samengevat, de volgende inhoud: "De bevrijding van heel de schepping", zo zegt hij, "is afhankelijk van de gehoorzaamheid van Israel." Pas als dit volk de volmaaktheid heeft bereikt, zal de schepping als geheel aan de beurt komen.
		De vervolmaking van de ziel krijgt van Luzzatto grote aandacht en is met grote uitvoerigheid beschreven in zijn "Mesillat Yesharim".
	www.kabbalah.info /dutchkab/rubrieken/biografieramchal.html (2221 words)

	Say It With Mitzvot
		He was publicizing how Hashem helped him, in order to bring both himself and everyone around to a closer, warmer relationship with their Creator.
		If we dwell on this fact, we will want to involve ourselves even more in the performance of His mitzvot as a way to reciprocate and express our gratitude for all that He does for us.
		Hence, we see two similar concepts from the behavior of Eliezer and the words of the Mesillat Yesharim.
	www.tfdixie.com /parshat/chayei/016.htm (1039 words)

	The Path of the Just/Mesillat Yesharim - LUZZATTO, MOSHE HAYYIM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Path of the Just/Mesillat Yesharim - LUZZATTO, MOSHE HAYYIM
		LUZZATTO, MOSHE HAYYIM The Path of the Just/Mesillat Yesharim
		Language Notes Text: English, Hebrew (translation) Original Language: Hebrew --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/she/168.shtml (81 words)

	Rabbi Shemuel David Luzzatto
		He was born at Triest, a city located in the northeast border of (modern) Italy and Slovenia, August 22, 1800.
		He was the great-great grandson of the famous Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto known for his masterly ethical work, Mesillat Yesharim, probably the most popular mussar (ethics) work in Jewish literature today.
		While still a boy he entered the Talmud-Torá of his native city, where besides Talmud, in which he was taught by Abraham Eliezer ha-Levi, Chief Rabbi of Triest and a distinguished Talmudist.
	www.alfassa.com /sdl.html (709 words)

	Blechner College - About Blechner College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Second, zrizut, which is an attitude towards physical performance of mitzvot is part of a another desirable trait referred to as hitlahavut- enthusiasm.
		Famously, Ramchal writes in the introduction to Mesilat Yesharim that there are no chidushim in his book.
		Mesilat Yesharim, like the Rambam’s Mishna Torah is clear and lucid but that does not belie the profundity of these works, and no one could say he failed to find a chiddush in Mesilat Yesharim.
	www.yhol.org.il /features/fischman/parsha/tzav65.htm (790 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		What is this mercy that we are in such great need of in general, and especially at this time?
		As the prophet said (Isaiah 6:7), 'Your iniquity shall be taken away and your sin expiated.' The sin is removed from existence.
		G-d treats His creatures mercifully, i.e., patiently, allowing them an opportunity to make amends, and going beyond the letter of the law.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=5561 (641 words)

	Hamaayan / The Torah Spring - Ki Tetze - Torah.org
		Through his voluminous writings, R' Brazovsky was among the most influential of contemporary chassidic rebbes, and his impact was felt among chassidim and non-chassidim alike.
		A leading Lithuanian (i.e., non-chassidic) rosh yeshiva in Israel reportedly referred to R' Brazovsky's work Nesivos Shalom as the "Mesillat Yesharim of our times." (Mesillat Yesharim is a classic mussar work written in the 18th century.)
		R' Brazovsky was born on 14 Av 5671 / August 8, 1911 in Baranovichi (today in Belarus), where his father, R' Moshe Avraham, was the Rosh Hakahal" / president of the Jewish community.
	www.torah.org /learning/hamaayan/5760/kiseitzei.html (1596 words)

	Parashat Beha'alotcha - 5761 - OU Torah Insights Project
		Their frame of mind was the root cause of all subsequent tragedies.
		R. MOSHE CHAYIM LUZZATTO (1707-1746) writes in Mesillat Yesharim, The Path of the Just (ch.
		When you examine the matter you will see that the only true perfection is attachment to Him, may He be blessed.
	www.ou.org /torah/ti/5761/behaalotcha61.htm (945 words)

	FrumTeens.com - Torah for Teenagers
		My $.02: For hashkafic issues, I found that Rav Avigdor Miller's set of tapes on Meselas Yesharim on which he goes through the entire sefer had a tremendous positive impact on my life, probably more than anything else I've learned through.
		I'm not sure if this is the right forum to ask the question in, but I'll ask it anyway: is it just me or do yeshivot, in general, not stress the importance of learning the hashkafic, philosophic, and mussar works of the Rishonim?
		For example, it seems like the entire world learns Mesillas Yesharim.
	www.frumteens.com /topic.php?topic_id=969&forum_id=29&topic_title=Moderator%27s+Required+Reading+List&forum_title=Torah+Learning+I&M=0&S=1 (1696 words)

	Adventures in Philosophy: A Brief History of Jewish Philosophy
		Lo, there is no bravery like the bravery of a man who conquers his strong passions and rules over his spirit; only the heart that keeps vexation far away rests and reposes.
		Excerpted from Mesillat Yesharim, by Moses Hayim Luzzatto
		The Path of the Just/Mesillat Yesharim, by Moshe Hayim Luzzatto
	www.radicalacademy.com /adiphiljewishessay9.htm (705 words)

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