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Turn from evil and do good. Beloved Son. The great esteem in which I hold you and my intense desire for your welfare have prompted me to draw up this list of virtues as an antidote against the…
The enlightened will awaken, and he who understands will rise up to waken his soul, which will speak to his body; and his body will speak with his evil inclination.
And thus, the soul will…
The Hebrew calendar uses a system of intercalation, adding an additional month to the calendar year to synchronize the regular twelve-month calendar with the moon, sun, and seasons. The Hebrew…
I was born a Jew, and as I attained self-awareness, I realized that almost four thousand years of human history were working to present me with questions: How was I to understand myself as a Jew, how…
Dear reader, take out a sheet of paper and a pen and follow my calculations. This measure will not be pointless, as the numbers we will be dealing with are rather enormous, and mistakes can be easily…
Again, I caution you: when you go to some feast in celebration of the performance of a mitzvah, do not focus only on eating and drinking. Rather, you should first ask some sort of praiseworthy…
To the princes and the honored ones, rulers of the people, the members of the charitable association in the ghetto of the holy community of Venice, may their Rock and Redeemer protect those who…
Great hazards of the world are these rational brutes, the avaricious rich, as they are…
Its sign is זש״הIt is year 2 of the Sabbatical cycleyear 3 of the small lunar cycle 299year 9 of the large solar cycle 203year 1837 [sic] of the Destruction of the Temple, may it be built and…
Once, as a young man, I undertook to draw up a catalogue of the acknowledged goods of life. I set down my inventory of earthly desirables: health, love, talent, power, riches, and fame. Then I proudly…