| #490914 in Books | 2015-12-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.25 x1.60 x8.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 816 pages||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| The book we have all been waiting for.|By Harold Goodman|Though I bought this book when it first came out it is only recently that I have begun to learn from it.
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Besides being a truly masterful translation of the famous Nefesh Hachaim by the chief student of the Vilna Gaon, R. Chaim of Volozhin, this work is possibly the most extensive and accessible||
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Nefesh HaTzimtzum provides the single most comprehensive and accessible presentation of the teachings and worldview of the Vilna Gaon’s primary student, Rabbi Chaim Volozhin. It is focused on Rabbi Chaim’s magnum opus, Nefesh HaChaim, a work that has lain in almost total obscurity for nearly two centuries due to its deep Kabbalistic subject matter. Nefesh HaTzimtzum opens up the real depth of the ideas presented in Nefesh HaChaim<...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Nefesh HaTzimtzum, Volume 1: Rabbi Chaim Volozhin’s Nefesh HaChaim with Translation and Commentary | Avinoam Fraenkel. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.