Why we study Luzzatto

Wall painting of Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (aka Ramhal), at the wall of Akko's Auditorium, Israel

Our class is a form of worship
Certainly of study

Luzzatto listens in and explain to us
What he heard from Elijah and 
Others 

We study each week
Embraced by the Grace
That draws us together, 
Yearning to know why
We live in this world of
Assiyah

Luzzattos channeling of
Creations story lifts us up
Taking us deeper into 
The Mystery of Being

We arrive ready to 
Study, discuss and struggle
We may leave knowing less
Than when we came

The profound Beauty that
Came from our work is felt

Some may leave sad or forlorn 
In knowing we have only
Began to touch the Wisdom of
Creation 

This yearning is where our love resides

May we bow to the Divine Will 
That is always present as
We gather 

"After all the wisdom, you must throw wisdom and sophistication aside and serve God sincerely
with complete simplicity, with no sophistication whatsoever. The greatest wisdom of all is not to be wise at all"
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov

This poem comes out of our study in our Kabbalah class of Luzzatto’s 138 Openings of Wisdom and my experience at the class.
He was an Italian Rabbi, Kabbalist and philosopher. 1701-1746

© Todd Greenberg 01/10/25