Mesillat Yesharim or Mesillas Yeshorim (Hebrew: מסילת ישרים, lit. "Path of the Upright") is an ethical (musar) text composed by the influential Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (1707–1746). It is different from Luzzato's other writings, which are more philosophical.
Mesillat Yesharim was written and published in Amsterdam. The earliest known manuscript version, written in 1738, was arranged as a dialogue between a hakham (wise man) and a hasid (pious person). Before publication, it was rearranged to have only one speaker. The dialogue version often sheds light on the more well-known version.
Mesillat Yesharim is probably Luzzato's most influential work, widely learned in virtually every yeshiva since formal study of musar texts was introduced to the yeshiva curriculum by the Mussar Movement of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter.
MesillatYesharim or Mesillas Yeshorim (Hebrew: מסילת ישרים, lit. "Path of the Upright") is an ethical (musar) text composed by the influential Rabbi...
Salanter had three works of Musar literature republished in Vilna: MesillatYesharim by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Tikkun Middot ha-Nefesh by Solomon ibn Gabirol...
(ethics and character development). The preeminent text studied is the MesillatYesharim ("Path of the Just") of Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Other works of mussar...
of backgrounds. MesillatYesharim is a Musar text published in Amsterdam by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto in the 18th century. MesillatYesharim is perhaps the...
to teach. It was in this period that he wrote his magnum opus the MesillatYesharim (1740), essentially an ethical treatise but with certain mystical...
Berman (edah.org): Diverse Orthodox Attitudes: Chumrah See also, MesillatYesharim Ch 14 Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Friedman, M. (2004)...
(1924) Judaism as a Civilization (1934) Judaism in Transition (1936) MesillatYesharim: The Path of the Upright, with introduction and a new translation...
archived copy as title (link) Pirkei Avot 4:16 Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, MesillatYesharim, chapter 1 "Redirecting". Archived from the original on 2006-08-26...
continued by 18th-century rabbis such as Moshe Chaim Luzzatto in his book MesillatYesharim. Other musar writings were authored by Haskalah writers such as Naphtali...
carelessness which exposes men or things to danger or damage. The MesillatYesharim, considered a foundational Mussar text, devotes much discussion to...
Shaarei Teshuvah, Chovot HaLevavot, Maalot HaMiddot, Orchot Tzaddikim, MesillatYesharim, and Derech Hashem was later expanded with the writings of rabbis...
become common among eastern European Jews. Among non-hasidim, the MesillatYesharim condemned ascetic practices which led to weakening of the body, while...
Wessely also wrote works of ethical musar literature, and Luzzatto's MesillatYesharim gained particular prominence. (See also: Revival of the Hebrew language)...
vocation-oriented academic programming. Abramson also gives a class on the MesillatYesharim at the Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst, and an online Jewish History...
Hayym Ascending The Path (5 Vol.) on MesillatYesharim. It clarifies and defines the relevance of the MesillatYesharim to our daily lives and includes many...
real idea/source/Halacha" as used by a discussion group, discussing MesillatYesharim From Mishnat Rebi Aharon 1:203 within http://judaism.stackexchange...
basic primer in acceptable character traits (midos). He should know MesillatYesharim (by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto) which he calls "the ultimate compendium...
(translation of Chovot ha-Levavot), The Path of the Just (translation of MesillatYesharim), The Way of God (translation of Derech Hashem), and The Kuzari: In...
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