שער המצוותSha'ar HaMitzvot
Rabbi Chaim Vital, a prominent Safed kabbalist in the 16th–17th centuries, is best known for recording and editing the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria, better known as the Arizal, a founder of modern Kabbalah. Chaim Vital’s youngest son, Rabbi Samuel Vital, organized a collection of his father’s writings into eight “gates,” each of which “opens” up a particular topic. The fifth of these is Sha’ar HaMitzvot (Gate of Commandments), which delves into kabbalistic meanings of biblical commandments, in order of their appearance in the Torah. Rabbi Chaim Vital, a prominent Safed kabbalist in the 16th–17th centuries, is best known for recording and editing the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria, better known as the Arizal, a founder of modern Kabbalah. Chaim Vital’s youngest son, Rabbi Samuel Vital, organized a collection of his father’s writings into eight “gates,” each of which “opens” up a particular topic. The fifth of these is Sha’ar HaMitzvot (Gate of Commandments), which delves into kabbalistic meanings of biblical commandments, in order of their appearance in the Torah.