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 (40 segments)
• Gate I (Chapter 1–22)
• Reb Itzele's Long Annotation (84 segments)
• Gate II (Chapter 1–18)
• Gate III (Chapter 1–14)
• Chapters (Chapter 1–8)
• Gate IV (Chapter 1–34)

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

Version (En): merged

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