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Derech HaShem (The "Way of God") is a philosophical
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 text written in the 1730s by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto , also known by the Hebrew language acronym RaMCHaL , was a prominent Italy Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and Jewish philosophy....
. It systematizes the basic principles of Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 belief regarding the existence of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
, God's purpose in creation, and the logical consequence of other concepts in Judaism.

Presented from a Kabbalistic
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
 perspective, yet presupposing no prior knowledge and without the use of Kabbalistic terminology, this work provides a foundation for understanding the worldview and ideas found in the Zohar
Zohar

The Zohar is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary on the Torah , written in medieval Aramaic language....
, the writings of Rabbi Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria

Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Judaism mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in the town of Safed in 16th century Ottoman Palestine....
 the Ari'zal and other Kabbalistic and Hassidic works.

The book is organized into four main sections: the general basis of all existence, God's Divine Providence, prophecy
Prophecy

Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation....
, and religious observance.








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Derech HaShem (The "Way of God") is a philosophical
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 text written in the 1730s by Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto , also known by the Hebrew language acronym RaMCHaL , was a prominent Italy Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and Jewish philosophy....
. It systematizes the basic principles of Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 belief regarding the existence of God
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
, God's purpose in creation, and the logical consequence of other concepts in Judaism.

Presented from a Kabbalistic
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
 perspective, yet presupposing no prior knowledge and without the use of Kabbalistic terminology, this work provides a foundation for understanding the worldview and ideas found in the Zohar
Zohar

The Zohar is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. It is a mystical commentary on the Torah , written in medieval Aramaic language....
, the writings of Rabbi Isaac Luria
Isaac Luria

Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Judaism mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in the town of Safed in 16th century Ottoman Palestine....
 the Ari'zal and other Kabbalistic and Hassidic works.

The book is organized into four main sections: the general basis of all existence, God's Divine Providence, prophecy
Prophecy

Prophecy, generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means. In religion, this is thought to be a divinely inspired revelation or interpretation....
, and religious observance.

External links

  • , daat.ac.il
  • , Rabbi Yaakov Feldman, torah.org
  • The Way of God, trans. Aryeh Kaplan
    Aryeh Kaplan

    Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan was a noted United States Orthodox Judaism rabbi and author with a background in both physics and Judaism. He was lauded as an original thinker and prolific writer, from studies of the Torah, Talmud and Kabbalah to introductory pamphlets on Jewish beliefs and Jewish philosophy aimed at non-religious and Baal teshuva Jews....
    , Feldheim 1997. ISBN 0-87306-769-X