The Path of the Just: An Introduction

This is a series of lectures on “The Path of the Just” by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto known as the RAMCHAL. This class is for those who are new to Jewish ideas and writings of the sages. More and more, however, people are also realizing that Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was one of the most brilliant thinkers of the past several centuries. Both his depth of thought and systematic mind are evident in all his works, which are literally filled with important basic insights. Over two hundred years ago, Rabbi Eliahu, the famed Vilna Gaon, declared that Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto had the most profound understanding of Judaism that any mortal human could attain. He furthermore stated that if Luzzatto were alive in his generation, he would go by foot from Vilna to Italy to sit at his feet and learn from him. 

“From this R. Pinchas ben Yair adduced: