Derech Hashem

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Template:Italic title Derech HaShem (The "Way of the Name") is a philosophical text written around 1736 by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto.

Principles

One of its core assertions is that man was created for the purpose of earning closeness to the creator by struggling against evil inclinations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

References

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External links

• Hebrew Fulltext, daat.ac.il
• Lecture series (in English) elucidating the whole of Derech Hashem & Ma'amer HaIkkarim
• Online classes, Rabbi Yaakov Feldman, torah.org
• The Way of God, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Feldheim 1997. Template:ISBN
• First step on the ladder of ascent, Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum