Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (Hebrew: חַיִּים בֶּן יוֹסֵף וִיטָאל; Safed, October 23, 1542 (Julian calendar) / October 11, 1542 (Gregorian Calendar) – Damascus...

Lurianic system as arranged by Shmuel Vital, the son of Haim Vital. Eitz Hayim is the only work published within Hayim Vital's lifetime, the rest of his writings...

commentary on Otzrot Haim by Haim Vital. In the introduction he lists five major schools of thought as to how to understand the Haim Vital's understanding of...

mizra'chim (oriental Sephardi Kabbalists), following the tradition of Haim Vital and the mystical legacy of the Rashash (1720–1777, considered by Kabbalists...

Caro in Safed. Moshe ben Mordechai Galante of Rome—ruled from Jerusalem Haim Vital—succeeded Trani in Safed but moved his rabbinate to Jerusalem which, once...

Safed, Haim Vital, to reveal his new teachings to, he avoided accepting Kabbalistic leadership until six months later, when Rabbi Haim Vital approached...

prostrated on the graves of saints, in order to commune with their souls. Haim Vital (c. 1543–1620), major disciple of Isaac Luria, and responsible for publication...

as the Siddur haRashash, it remained, together with the Etz `Haim of Rabbi `Haim Vital, the focus of kabbalistic studies in the yeshiva. The scholars...

contrary to others' opinions. Nevertheless, he firmly believed that Haim Vital had drunk water from Miriam's well, and that this fact enabled him to...

service. This influence persisted even as Lurianic Kabbalah, promoted by Haim Vital and Israel Sarug, eventually eclipsed Cordoverian Kabbalah in popularity...