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Description   Moshe Chaim Luzzatto's outstanding kabbalistic work is Kelaḥ (= 138) Pitḥei Ḥokhmah, a systematic exposition of the Lurianic Kabbalah. There Luzzatto demonstrates the task which he has undertaken in the history of the Kabbalah: to reveal the internal meaning (nimshal) of the paradigms (meshalim) so numerous in the Lurianic writings, to which they tend to give an anthropomorphic coloring. Luzzatto often quotes from the works of Maimonides; in the same spirit he believes that it will be thus possible to get rid of the main cause of error concerning what is divine: materialization (hagshamah). Rejecting an interpretation which would accept the Lurianic descriptions literally (ki-feshuto) and in a materialistic sense, is for Luzzatto also part of the fight he is leading against Shabbateanism. Kelaḥ Pitḥei Ḥokhmah is the perfect illustration of the close connection between logic and Kabbalah in the works of Luzzatto. The very structure of that treatise is built on the gradation rule. Each petaḥ door or chapter – opens with a general principle (kelal), the details or particular aspects of which are then exposed. Before turning to commentary and explaining the themes which are unique to the Lurianic Kabbalah (such as ẓimẓum), Luzzatto innovates by exposing the principle on which his own kabbalistic doctrine is based: divine unity conceived both as the origin and the finality of creation. He uses the distinction rule to delineate with precision the object of Kabbalah, and details what he means by "divine". He thus refines a principle which was already present in the works of his predecessors, such as Menahem Azarya de Fano, while giving a completely novel interpretation of ẓimẓum, the act of contraction or withdrawal of the divine infinity (Ein-Sof) which preceded the emanation of sefirot. Related Products... By Divine Design The Kabbalah of Large, Small and Missing Letters in the Parsha by Rabbi Aaron Raskin In the Shadow of the Ladder-Introductions to Kabbalah Zohar - 5-Volume Set (All English Text), The God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism Our Price: $28.50 Add Our Price: $15.00 Add Our Price: $129.95 Add Our Price: $17.00 Add Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism Master of the Ladder: The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Yehudah Leib Ashlag Ascending Jacob's Ladder - Essays on the Fundamentals of Jewish Life Our Price: $34.95 Add Our Price: $16.20 Add Our Price: $27.00 Add Our Price: $29.99 Add

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