ABSTRACT: The presentation situates the development of Lurianic Kabbalah in its context of sixteenth-century Safed. Focusing on two texts by Hayyim Vital, Lawrence Fine discusses sexuality and marital relations in Lurianic Kabbalah and among the Kabbalists themselves.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

• Reasons for the Commandments concerning “Be Fruitful and Multiply”
• The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve

Lawrence Fine Mount Holyoke College, USA Duration: 56:32

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