# Reshit Chokhmah · ראשית חכמה

16th-century work by Rabbi Eliyahu de Vidas that describes a method of meditation that combines visualization and permutation of Hebrew letters

## Contents

- **[Introduction](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Introduction)** (62 segments)
- **[Gate of Fear, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Fear,_Prelude)** (5 segments)
- **[Gate of Fear](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Fear)** (Chapter 1–15)
- **[Gate of Love, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Love,_Prelude)** (7 segments)
- **[Gate of Love](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Love)** (Chapter 1–12)
- **[Gate of Repentance, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Repentance,_Prelude)** (8 segments)
- **[Gate of Repentance](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Repentance)** (Chapter 1–7)
- **[Gate of Holiness, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Holiness,_Prelude)** (5 segments)
- **[Gate of Holiness](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Holiness)** (Chapter 1–17)
- **[Gate of Humility, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Humility,_Prelude)** (2 segments)
- **[Gate of Humility](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Gate%20of%20Humility)** (Chapter 1–7)
- **[Chapter of Mitzvot, Prelude](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Mitzvot,_Prelude)** (47 segments)
- **[Chapter of Mitzvot](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Mitzvot)** (Gate 1–10)
- **[Chapter of Raising Children](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Raising%20Children)** (83 segments)
- **[Chapter of Honest Commerce](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Honest%20Commerce)** (45 segments)
- **[Chapter of Jurisprudence](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Jurisprudence)** (112 segments)
- **[Chapter of Ethics, Introduction](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Ethics,_Introduction)** (13 segments)
- **[Chapter of Ethics](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chapter%20of%20Ethics)** (Gate 1–4)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Three](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Three)** (63 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Four](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Four)** (17 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Five](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Five)** (15 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Six](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Six)** (12 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Seven](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Seven)** (8 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Eight](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Eight)** (2 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Ten](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Ten)** (2 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Eleven](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Eleven)** (1 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Twelve](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Twelve)** (2 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Thirteen](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Thirteen)** (1 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Fourteen](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Fourteen)** (1 segments)
- **[Chupat Eliyahu Rabbah, Gate of Fifteen](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Chupat%20Eliyahu%20Rabbah,_Gate%20of%20Fifteen)** (1 segments)
- **[Or Olam](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Or%20Olam)** (Gate 1–20)
- **[Or Gadol](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Or%20Gadol)** (Gate 1–20)
- **[Great Is Peace](https://torahlm.org/Reshit%20Chokhmah/s/Great%20Is%20Peace)** (26 segments)

Version (He): Hamesorah Publishers, Jerusalem 2005 (License: CC-BY-NC)

Version (En): merged

Hebrew: 418,020 words; English: 35,137 words.