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Reshit Chochmah is an important mystical-ethical classic and encyclopedic treatise on morality ( musar ), and is based largely on the Zohar . Reshit Chochmah, literally translates into “The beginning of Knowledge” and was authored by Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidas ( 1518 - 1592 ). Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidas was one of the illustrious disciples of Moses ben Jacob Cordovero ( 1522 - 1570 ), who was better known by the acronym , the Ramak. Ramak was a Medieval rabbi and one of the greatest scholars of Judaism's Kabbalah . The book is about the measure of the God's body, and was originally published in Warsaw in 1883 .1Reshit Chochmah describes a method of meditation that combines visualization and permutation of some letters, and is believed to impart the reader with a sense of purity and holiness, if studied on a regular basis. The book presents a combination of ethical and moral teaching with Kabbalah. The book shows the path to the uninitiated to enter the world and wisdom of Kabbalah. In a very understandable style, the book explains to the reader the ways to attain a higher level of Divine awareness which the Holy One wishes His beloved people, Israel .2The book was written in a very easy and understandable style and continues to be popular since its publication.3
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Reshit Chochmah is an important book of Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ), ethics and morality ( musar ), written by the 16th century scholar Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas .It is based largely on the Zohar .Its name literally translates into “the beginning of Wisdom”, in allusion to the Biblical verse "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".Reshit Chochmah describes a method of meditation that combines visualization and permutation of Hebrew letters, and is intended to inspire the reader with a sense of purity and holiness, if studied on a regular basis. The book presents a combination of ethical and moral teaching with Kabbalah. The book shows the path to the uninitiated to enter the world and wisdom of Kabbalah. In a very easy and understandable style, the book explains to the reader the ways to attain the higher level of Divine awareness which the Holy One wishes for His beloved people, Israel .The book has continued to be popular ever since its publication. v t e
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1884 Warsaw 16th-century book of Kabbalah, ethics and morality Reshit Chochmah is an important book of Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ), ethics and morality ( Musar literature ), written by the 16th century scholar Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas . It is based largely on the Zohar . Its name literally translates into “the beginning of Wisdom”, in allusion to the Biblical verse "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom". Reshit Chochmah describes a method of meditation that combines visualization and permutation of Hebrew letters, and is intended to inspire the reader with a sense of purity and holiness, if studied on a regular basis. The book presents a combination of ethical and moral teaching with Kabbalah. The book shows the path to the uninitiated to enter the world and wisdom of Kabbalah. In a very easy and understandable style, the book explains to the reader the ways to attain the higher level of Divine awareness which the Holy One wishes for His beloved people, Israel . The book has continued to be popular ever since its publication. v t e v t e
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16th-century book of Kabbalah, ethics and morality 1884 Warsaw Reshit Chochmah is an important book of Kabbalah ( Jewish mysticism ), ethics and morality ( Musar literature ), written by the 16th century scholar Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas . It is based largely on the Zohar . Its name literally translates into “the beginning of Wisdom”, in allusion to the Biblical verse "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “important mystical-ethical classic and encyclopedic treatise on morality”. Today it says “important book of kabbalah”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “1884 Warsaw 16th-century book of Kabbalah, ethics and morality”. It now reads “16th-century book of Kabbalah, ethics and morality 1884 Warsaw”. Read the current article and compare.
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important mystical-ethical classic and encyclopedic treatise on morality
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important book of kabbalah
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