Chaim Vital - Definition and Overview

Rabbi Chaim Vital (1543-1620) was the closest disciple of the great 16th-century kabbalist, the Ari - Rabbi Itzchak Luria and his foremost interpreter. Ari’s writings”, were in fact transcribed by Rabbi Chaim.

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Shaar ha Gilgulim, Gilgul neshamot, Ibbur, Kabbalah, Safed

External links

• Works of Rabbi Chaim Vital (http://www.kabbalaonline.org/Safedteachings/otherkab/Works_of_Rabbi_Chaim_Vital.asp)
• Introduction by Chaim Vital (hebr.) (http://www.kabbalah.info/hebkab/akdmarhu.htm)
• Sefer Gilgulim (http://www.yarzheit.com/heavensregister/sefer.htm)
• Rabbi Chaim Vital of Safed The Disciple (http://www.ascent.org.il/NewAscentOfSafed/Safat/Personalities/SafatSages/vital.html)

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