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Kinat Hashem Tzevaot

קנאת ה׳ צבאות

Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) · English translation · The Molcho Edition

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About Kinat Hashem Tzevaot

Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal)

Kinat Hashem Tzevaot is one of the most elevated and hidden works of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, author of Mesillat Yesharim, Derech Hashem, and many other foundational sefarim in machshavah and sod.

Composed in the holy land of Padua in his early years, this sefer is a fiery discourse on the truth of Mashiach, the nature of messiahship, and the inner vision of redemption as understood in the deepest strata of Torah. In these pages, the Ramchal reveals lofty teachings concerning the soul of the redeemer, the preparation of creation for geulah, and the hidden order of divine governance that brings about the final tikun. The work stands as a protest against falseness and distortion in matters of emunah and gilui haShechinah, and calls for a return to the authentic path of redemption as transmitted by the Sages and mekubalim.

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Title Page of Kinat Hashem Tzevaot

Part One25 divisions

Part One Chapter 1 The Intention of Creation and Its Order The Definition of the Wisdom of Truth Creation Is Arranged in the Form of Adam Adam Kadmon The Order of Creation Man’s Service and the Reward The Matter of the Sefirot The Matter of Our Service The Matter of Mentioning His Blessed Attributes in Our Prayer The Essence of the Sefirot The Correspondence Between the Actions of the Emanator and the Names of the Limbs of Adam The Shekhinah - Providence and Connection with the Lower Worlds Chesed, judgment, mercy - The Ways of Conduct The Governance of Conduct Determines the Intensity of Conduct The transition from governance to providence The Ten Sefirot According to the Above Division From the Details of the Sefirot Is Composed the Form of Man with 613 Parts The Operation of the Ten Sefirot in the Aspect of Partzufim The Six Lower Sefirot Constitute One Partzuf; Each of the Remaining Sefirot Is a Partzuf on Its Own Division into Five Partzufim The Six Sefirot Are Sometimes Completed into Ten Sefirot Between the Sefirot There Is a Relationship of Emitter and Receiver The Sefirot Are the Root of the Soul and the Body All His Blessed Actions Are Composed of Emanation and Limitation – Aspects of Chesed and judgment

Part Two36 divisions

Part Two The Mashiach and Meshichut Noach’s Ark and the Rainbow The Enclothing of Souls Within the Klipot The Deed of Esther Was Under Duress The Matter of Yael A Transgression for the Sake of Heaven The Transformation of the Staff into a Serpent and the Serpent into a Staff The Mashiach Sits at the Gates of Rome The Leprosy of Pharaoh and of Moshe The Subjugation of Evil Beneath Holiness “And He Was Wounded Because of Our Transgressions” The Tikkun of the Internalities and Externalities Yosef and the Wife of Potiphar The Ten Martyrs of the Kingdom Yerov‘am Was Destined to Be Mashiach ben Yosef In the Future, the Holy One Blessed Be He Will Appoint for Them Another David The Matter of Amalek The Matter of the Spies “I Shall Surely Blot Out” and the Commandment “You Shall Blot Out” The Matter of Esav Sun, Moon, and Stars Keter and Chokhmah Two Aspects of the Moon Two Aspects of the Shekhinah The Matter of the Keruvim The Burial of Moshe Outside the Land Two Beginnings to Creation – Keter and Chokhmah Sin Grants Possibility for the Expansion of the Sitra achra The Enclothing of Souls and Their Roots in the Klipot The Ruin Through the Sin of Adam HaRishon and the Rectification Through the Torah and the Beit HaMikdash The Sufferings of the Mashiach Permutations of The Letters Intellect and Folly Right-Sided Shin and Left-Sided Shin The Shekhinah – Her Exile and Her Redemption Yisrael and the Nations of the World