
Hence, “Why do I need this trouble? Who is so foolish as to place himself in danger for no reason?”įourth: Even those who favor this study permit it only to holy ones, servants of the Creator. This is because there have already been incidents of deviation from the path of Torah because of engagement in Kabbalah. Third, he is afraid that he will turn sour because of this engagement. Thus, how can one deceive himself that he has already completed the whole of the revealed Torah, and lacks only the wisdom of the hidden?” Second, he will ask, “The sages have already determined that one must first fill one’s belly with Mishnah and Gemarah. However, when I begin to speak to anyone about this study, his first question is, “Why should I know how many angels are in the sky and what their names are? Can I not keep the whole Torah in all its details and intricacies without this knowledge?”

It lies heavily on us and arouses fear of being forgotten from Israel. 1) At the outset of my words, I find a great need to break an iron wall that has been separating us from the wisdom of Kabbalah, since the ruin of the Temple to this generation.
