Book of Creation (Sefer yetsirah)
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Introduction to His Translations
I fall [or fell] down before all the sages of the people, so they may acquit me and justify me in this matter, for my intention was good. [Indeed,] I relied on the words of our Sages, who said: “One…
A Treatise in Elucidation of Some Symptoms and the Response to Them
In the name of God, Merciful and Compassionate!
A letter has reached this minor Servant containing a list of all those accidents that have befallen our Master, may God perpetuate his days, along…
On Poisons and the Protection Against Lethal Drugs
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate:
Oh, God, make [my task] easy by Your grace
(1) Says Mūsā b. ‘Ubayd Allāh from Cordoba: The conduct of our Master, the most honorable and eminent…
Abridgment of Baḥya Ibn Paqūda’s Duties of the Heart
Now too, when the Torah is almost forgotten, He has forewarned us through His men of piety, men of dedication, and men of knowledge. For we have found this dedicated, pious, and wise man…
The Book of Ethics
Sefer ha-musar (The Book of Ethics), Pirke avot 2:15
But one must realize that all of man’s deeds—everything done under the sun, all those things he does wittingly, whenever he moves or ceases to move—are all…
Ethical Will
In the name of God, may he be exalted, praised, and remembered eternally. This is the guidance that the great sage, Judah ibn Tibbon, son of Saul, the memory of the righteous is a blessing, composed…