Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
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Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, also known by the Hebrew acronym RaMCHaL or RaMḤaL, was a rabbi, kabbalist, and philosopher in Italy.
Wall painting in Acre, Israel
Tziyun (gravemark), or more likely the cenotaph of the Ramḥal in Tiberias, ir hakodesh (holy city), Israel
An 1833 edition of Lashon limudim
An 1836 edition of Derech Chochma
Mesillat Yesharim
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Mesillat Yesharim or Mesillas Yeshorim is an ethical text composed by the influential Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. It is different from Luzzato's other writings, which are more philosophical.
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
…unhindered. Earning a living as a diamond cutter, he continued writing but refused to teach. It was in this period that he wrote his masterpiece, the Mesillat Yesharim (1740), essentially an ethical treatise but with certain mystical underpinnings. The book presents a step-by-step process by which every person can…
Cover of the first edition of Mesillat Yesharim.