# Nefesh HaChayim · נפש החיים

Major 19th-century work of Rav Chaim of Volozhin on human purpose, God, Torah study, and prayer, incorporating kabbalistic elements.

## Contents

- **[An Introduction by the Author's Son](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/An%20Introduction%20by%20the%20Author's%20Son)** (40 segments)
- **[Gate I](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Gate%20I)** (Chapter 1–22)
- **[Reb Itzele's Long Annotation](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Reb%20Itzele's%20Long%20Annotation)** (84 segments)
- **[Gate II](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Gate%20II)** (Chapter 1–18)
- **[Gate III](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Gate%20III)** (Chapter 1–14)
- **[Chapters](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Chapters)** (Chapter 1–8)
- **[Gate IV](https://torahlm.org/Nefesh%20HaChayim/s/Gate%20IV)** (Chapter 1–34)

Version (He): Vilna, 1874 (License: Public Domain)

Version (En): merged

Hebrew: 62,942 words; English: 142,951 words.