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	Moses Chaim Luzzato
		The turning point in Luzzatto's life came at the age of twenty, when he made the claim that he was receiving direct instruction from a mystical being known as the maggid.
		In 1735, Luzzatto left Italy for Amsterdam, believing that in the more liberal environment there, he would be able to pursue his mystical interests.
		When Luzzatto finally reached Amsterdam, he was able to pursue his studies of the kabbalah relatively unhindered.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Moses_Chaim_Luzzato.html (792 words)

	Rabbi Moses Hayyim Luzzatto
		As a group, Luzzatto and his followers formulated a "code" for the group which included laws dealing with methods of study, relationships between group members and Luzzatto, and a declaration of their purpose as a Kabbalistic group, to bring about the redemption of all Israel, not just the individual members of the group.
		Luzzatto believed himself to be a reincarnation of Moses and ascribed to himself the role of redeeming Israel.
		Luzzatto admitted to being influenced by the writings of Nathan of Gaza, Shabbatai Tzvi's "prophet." He claimed that the positive elements of Shabbatai Tzvi's teachings could be separated from the heretical elements, but few rabbinic authorities agreed with this opinion, since Shabbateanism was a powerful wave sweeping over the Jewish community.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/luzzatto.html (1012 words)

	Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Hebrew: משה חיים לוצאטו, also Moses Chaim, Moses Hayyim, also Luzzato) (1707-1746 (26 Iyar 5506)), also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL (or RaMHaL, רמח"ל), was a prominent Italian Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and philosopher best remembered today for his ethical treatise Mesillat Yesharim (Path of the Just).
		He identified one of his followers as the Messiah son of David, but assumed for himself the role of Moses, claiming that he was that biblical figure's reincarnation.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moshe_Chaim_Luzzatto (1044 words)

	Judaism 101 - Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - A Glossary of Basic Jewish Terms and Concepts - OU.ORG
		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 1743, Reb Moshe Chaim left for Eretz Yisrael with his family, arriving in the same month that the sainted R. Chaim ben Atar died.
		And, in one of the standard texts of Modern Hebrew literature, R. Moshe Chaim is hailed as the father of Modern Hebrew literature.
	www.ou.org /about/judaism/rabbis/luzzatto.htm (368 words)

	Mesillat Yesharim - Contents
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was born to Rabbi Yaakov ChaY in Padua, Italy, in the year 1707.
		At a very young age, Rabbi Moshe Chaim also organized a small group, whose main goal was to draw themselves as dose as possible to God.
		Many of Luzzatto's writings were circulated during this period, and the novelty of his approach drew opposition from a number of contemporary sages.
	www.shechem.org /torah/mesyesh (1113 words)

	41ekev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		MOSHE'S WORDS AND THE BERAITA OF R. Despite the great importance of Moshe's words, the structure that Ramchal follows in his book reflects not our verse but rather a beraita of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair.
		Moshe mentions fear before love, which is defined as bringing satisfaction to the Creator, and love precedes wholeheartedness.
		Thus Ramchal teaches that Moshe arranges the elements of avoda according to their importance, while the beraita arranges them according to the gradual progression required for their acquisition.
	www.vbm-torah.org /parsha.61/41ekev.htm (1866 words)

	Rabbi Moshe Chiam Luzzatto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rabbi Moshe Chiam Luzzatto (the "RaMChal") is considered one of the most brilliant philosophers and Kabbalists of the 18th century.
		people are also realizing that Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the past several centuries.
		Both his depth of thought and systematic mind are evident in all this works which are literally filled with important basic insights.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Kabbalah/Luzzatto.htm (221 words)

	Toras Ramchal
		The hashkapha, mussar, and kabbalah of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (whom we’ll be referring to as “Ramchal”, as abbreviation of R-abbi M-oshe CH-aim L-uzzatto) also understood that.
		For from a certain point onward Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was visited regularly by a transcendent spirit entity, known as a Maggid (i.e., a disembodied oracle), who revealed many abstruse things to him.
	ramchal.blogspot.com (6644 words)

	Course in Mussar II - Distance learning / practice program developed / taught by Alan Morinis - The Mussar Institute
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707-1746), also known by Hebrew acronym as the RAMCHAL, was a prominent Italian-Jewish mystic, best remembered today for his ethical treatise The Path of the Just (Mesillat Yesharim).
		Born in Padua, at the age of twenty he made the claim that he was receiving direct instruction from a mystical being known as a maggid.
		Luzzatto left Amsterdam for Palestine in 1743, settling in Acre.
	www.morinis.ca /learning-course2.htm (1082 words)

	Jewish books source and Jewish books search, Kabbalah books, Sifrei Kodesh and Torah commentaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		All of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto's seforim of Musar and Kabbalah.
		Written over 250 years ago by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal is one of the most systematic...
		In 138 chapters, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, the Ramchal presents the entire scope of the Kabbalah...
	www.nehora.com /category.cfm?Category=165&CFID=4927206&CFTOKEN=54055108 (528 words)

	PEOPLE THE BOOK
		Alshich Hakadosh Chasam Sofer Chofetz Chaim Kli Yakar Maharal Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto Rabbi Moshe Isserles Rabbi Ovadya Seforno Rabbi Yosef Caro Rabeinu Tam Rambam Ramban Rashbam Rashi The Netziv Vilna Gaon
		Rabbi Chaim Shmulevitz, rosh yeshiva (dean) of the famous Mir Yeshiva for more than forty years, was one of the towering Torah figures of the past generation, and was recognized both for his prodigious mind and for his sterling character.
		Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Nachmanides) was one of the foremost halachik authorities of the Middle Ages.
	www.tfdixie.com /goodmen.htm (2674 words)

	Beyond Tzedakah: Understanding the Torah Expenditure
		Rema, Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 53:23 states, in regard to the salary expenditure for a chazzan for the yomim noraim, the basic rule for all mitzvah consumption expenditures of this type: half the expense shall be divided according to wealth and half according to headcount.
		Rav Moshe himself writes that this is not a universally accepted guideline however a fuller discussion on this matter is beyond the scope of this article.
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto's Da'at Tevunot is, in part, devoted to the expansion of this idea especially as it ties chesed to Oneness of G-d.
	www.nishma.org /articles/journal/tzedakah.htm (8752 words)

	Mesillas Yeshorim - מסילת ישרים (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known as the רמחל RaMCHaL after his initials, is best known for his classical work on piety, Mesilas Yesharim (Path of the Just).
		He was a student of Rabbi Yeshiah Basan, author of the Lachmei Todah (Breads of Thanksgiving), and, as mentioned earlier, of Rabbi Yitzchok Lampronti.
		He was not to enjoy a long stay there, however, and on 26 Iyar, 5506 (May 16, 1746), at the age of 39, he was killed by a plague.
	www.famousrabbis.com /my/my.htm (1304 words)

	Yitzchok Hutner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner the Rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin at a special Purim celebration in his yeshiva.
		Hutner however maintained his relatively liberal policy during his tenure at the helm of his own Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, allowing and even encouraging students to combine their day's learning in yeshiva together with attending college, mainly at Brooklyn College and later at Touro College in late afternoons and evenings.
		He was the mentor of some famous as well as controversial figures in modern Jewish outreach to non-Orthodox Jews, such as Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, who became the "Singing Rabbi", and Rabbi David Weiss Halivni, who became a prominent scholar at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Conservative Judaism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yitzchok_Hutner (1998 words)

	This Weeks Yarzheit from Yarzheit.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Reb Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, author of Mesilas Yesharim, 1747 see here for Reb Moshe Chaim Luzzattos famous and amazing Book "Mesilas Yeshorim" in Hebrew and English free online with Photos and full history of this spiritual writer.
		Because it briefer than the Semag of Reb Moshe of Coucy, his work is referred to as the Sefer Mitzvos Kattan, or Semak.
		She was the great grand-daughter of Premishlaner rebbe - Reb Meir of Premishlan (and have the same yarzheit), and daughter of Rabbi Moshe Babad z'tl, Rov of Sunderland.
	www.yarzheit.com /thisweek30.htm (774 words)

	JewishJournal.com
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto died at the age of 39, or just shy of the age some people believe is appropriate to begin studying kabbalah.
		Luzzatto systematically addresses many of the questions serious Jews entertain, and many they have not thought of.
		Like so many other authentic masters of kabbalah, Luzzatto found a way to distill the esoteric for consumption by the ordinary.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/preview.php?id=13392 (841 words)

	A question for the new year
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto at the beginning of his classic "The Path of the Just" writes that the root of perfection and piety lies in understanding the purpose of life.
		To Rabbi Luzzatto, to be a good person, you have to have a good answer to the question "Why Am I Alive?".
		JWR contributor Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz is spiritual leader of Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem in Quebec.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /0999/questions1.asp (524 words)

	Ask the Rabbi #27
		Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagen - Biur Halacha, Orach Chaim 293:2.
		The Yetzer Hara is commonly translated as the "Evil inclination." Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (the Ramchal) in "The Way of G-d" describes the role of the Yetzer Hara in man's quest for perfection.
		Written by Rabbi Moshe Lazerus, Rabbi Reuven Subar, Rabbi Avrohom Lefkowitz and other Rabbis at Ohr Somayach Institutions / Tanenbaum College, Jerusalem, Israel.
	ohr.edu /ask/ask027.htm (1044 words)

	Yedid Nefesh - Song of the Soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto in his book Choker U’Mekubal, chapter 14.
		From Kinat Hashem Tzvaot, by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, p.
		This anonymous book was written by a man who, due to his humility and righteousness, did not want to be publicized.
	www.yedidnefesh.com /kaballah/song/endnotes3.htm (757 words)

	Why are we Praying for Life- What is Life? I
		This was written by one of the greatest kabbalists in the 1700s- Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (of blessed Memory).
		He commented that if he would have been alive at the time of Rav Luzzatto he would go barefoot to learn by him.
		He said he could testify about the first 12 chapters that there was not even one superfluous word.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/growth_inspiration_judaism/78309/2 (443 words)

	Yedid Nefesh - Song of the Soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Derech Mitzvotecha, page 89: “ For the perception of the intellect in a matter which is proven (for him) is (actually) like the vision of his eyes.
		The spirituality of sight draws from the wisdom of the soul for that wisdom is spiritual sight.” See the source for further elaboration.
		I. See “Introduction to the Books of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto on the Wisdom of Truth,” page 12.
	www.yedidnefesh.com /kaballah/song/endnotes1.htm (809 words)

	Two Roads - One Path
		All material phenomena would contain an admixture of good and evil, pain and pleasure, and all other "opposites." The quest of mankind is to extract the spark of good and beneficial in these entities while discarding the dark and pernicious.
		The Ramchal (Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - 18th century Italian scholar and philospher), asserted that the ultimate good is to bask in the light of God's holiness.
		When one lives an existence in harmony with a Higher Source and purpose, all actions can be consecrated for the sake of Heaven and enhance one's life.
	www.tworoadsonepath.com /html/happynj2.html (306 words)

	Kol HaKollel - Shavuos, 5766 - Torah.org
		With each component of Moshe's statement corresponding to one of these two Commandments, Moshe cautioned them to profoundly contemplate their mandate and scrupulously adhere to it.
		Chidushei HaLev (3) observes the implicit converse: had Moshe not reminded the masses to reflect on the Sinaitic Revelation, even though they had just experienced this national prophecy, they would not have properly adhered to these Divine mandates.
		(1) 1194-1270; acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman, Nachmanides; native of Gerona, Spain, he was of the leading scholars of the Middle Ages, successfully defending Judaism at the famed debate in Barcelona in 1263
	torah.org /learning/kolhakollel/5766/shavuos.html (593 words)

	Torah MiTzion
		In the fifth chapter of the Mesillas Yesharim, the holy Ramchal ztvk”l (Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto) discusses three deterrents to Cautiousness.
		He tells us that although one might already be convinced that he wants to do what is right and avoid that which is sinful, still, he will weaken or even commit transgressions only in order not to be mocked and ridiculed by his friends.
		Rashi (Bemidbar 13:26) indeed brings the words of the Sages that, “Just as their coming to Moshe was with an evil plan, so, too, was their going on the journey with an evil plan” (i.e.
	www.shemayisrael.co.il /parsha/sobel/archives/shelach63.htm (696 words)

	Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight - HOME & FAMILY
		In the Preface to his work, Derech Hashem, Rabbenu Moshe Chaim Luzzatto stresses the importance of thinking and understanding in an organized way.
		R' Moshe goes along with the sentiments expressed in Yigdal but does not really understand what the Thirteen Tenets of Faith really are and he has not been given, nor has he taken, the time to clarify their significance.
		The symptoms described by the Ramchal -- feeling that he is continually loaded down by a heavy weight, trying and laboring, feeling constantly exhausted and tired, seeing no satisfaction in life -- seem to be those of classic `burnout', yet their source is very different.
	chareidi.shemayisrael.com /archives5762/bo/BO62hsense.htm (918 words)

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