The Kabbalists of Safed: Luria, Cordovero, Vital, and Alkabetz
A comprehensive portrait of sixteenth-century Safed as a center of Kabbalah, law, poetry, prayer, migration, and printing, focusing on Isaac Luria, Moses Cordovero, Chaim Vital,…
Isaac Luria
Etz Chaim Explained: The Tree of Life in Lurianic Kabbalah
A deep guide to Etz Chaim, Chaim Vital’s systematic record of Isaac Luria’s teachings, its transmission, structure, core cosmology, diagrams, reading challenges, and responsible place…
Isaac Luria and the Birth of Lurianic Kabbalah
A detailed biography and intellectual guide to Isaac Luria, his brief teaching career in Safed, the transmission of his oral teachings through Chaim Vital, and…
Tzimtzum Explained: Divine Contraction in Lurianic Kabbalah
A comprehensive guide to tzimtzum in Lurianic Kabbalah, explaining divine contraction, empty space, residue, line, literal and nonliteral readings, later Hasidic interpretation, and common modern…