BH Rabbi Chaim Vital prayer trek completed today

Baruch HaShem!!!!!

✨ Kever of Rabbi Chaim Vital zt”l | Safed, Israel ✨

Today I knelt at the simple entrance of Rabbi Chaim Vital’s kever in Tzfat’s holy cemetery — a hidden cave that holds the bones of the man who brought Lurianic Kabbalah to the world.

Born in Safed circa 1543, Chaim Vital (“Vital” echoing the Latin vita, life) was groomed under Rabbi Moshe Alshich and Rabbi Moshe Cordovero — but it was his bond with the Arizal (Rabbi Yitzchak Luria) that forever changed the course of Jewish mysticism. The Arizal’s path to pass on his entire system of Kabbalah hinged on Chaim, whom he chose as his chief disciple and scribe .

In one powerful Chasidic story, the Ari literally had Rabbi Chaim drink from the “Well of Miriam” on the Sea of Galilee, symbolically “opening his vessel” to receive the depth of divine wisdom .

📜 His legacy:

• He meticulously codified the Arizal’s oral teachings — Etz Chaim, Shaarei Kedusha, Shaar HaKavanot, among others — preserving a tradition that might have vanished otherwise .

• Despite the Arizal’s wish not to publish, Chaim’s writings survived: first circulated in manuscript, later printed. His son and students buried them before retrieving them by his kabbalistic directive .

• Chaim was not just a recorder — he was a profound mystic and miracle-worker in his own right, helping people align their souls and heal .

He passed away in Damascus in 1620 and, as his will stated, was brought back to rest in Safed — the place he was born and the place he brought divine light in tangible form.

Standing here today, I felt the lineage of Divine revelation flow from Sinai → Zohar → Arizal → Chaim Vital → us. His life reminds us that deep humility (+ fierce devotion) can preserve the highest mysteries — and make them accessible to our souls.

🕯️ May the light of his work — the Tree of Life — illuminate our hearts and guide us deeper into understanding and compassion.

North Prayer Trek

In the Zechut of

Yafit bat malka, Levana Bat Bilda, Sharone bat Synthia, Calob Ben Sharone and Isela bat Blanca, Kelsey and Cullen Ben Sharone, Martha bat Elizabeth, Emuna bas golda, Rachal Malka bas golda ,Raphael bat Donna, Sindee Gozansky, Matla bat Sara Basha, David ben Gittel, Shlomit bat Gittel, Matan David ben Miriam Rachel, James ben Ora, Freidel chaya bat sima Devorah/Ahud Ben Ofra/ Aaron Moshe Ben Freidel chaya/chana sheesha bat Freidel chaya/moshalah Shulamit bat Liba Devorah/yosef Elimelech Ben Moshalah shulamit, Avraham shmuel Ben Miriam Devorah And Rachel Bat Messoda, Yaakov ben Shterna Sara, Rivka Feige Bas Eta, Esther Malka bat Tamar, Alina Bat Pola, Jeanette daughter of Maria, Sima Sara rivka bas malka baila Fruma - Tzvi hirsch ben rivka, Chana bas Dvorah, Adiela bas Faiga, Faiga bas Chana , Avraham Ben Chava, Azriel Shmuel Ben Faiga , Haya Binah bas Faiga , Asher Yechiel Ben Faiga , . Misha Moshe Ben Chana , Ya’arah/Sarah, , Avraham Ben Chana, Rivka Bat Dinah, Maggie hodaya bat gila

David Chaim ben Miriam Miri, Albert Abraham berty ben marguerite Margo, Gila bat lily, Noam Liam ben gila, Lily Leah bat gila, Ashley shirel bat gila, Kelley rivka bat gila, Lily bat sarah, Chen Ben aviva, Ani Chana bat Judith, Miriam Chana Bat Zehava Chaya, Frieda Bat Shayndl , Dror Ben Frieda , Yitzhak Ben Frieda , Leib Eliyahu ben Yahel יהל Yehudit andLeah bat Chava Chaya , Daniel ben Leah , Chava Bracha bat Chava Chaya , Binyamin ben Chava Bracha , Liora bat Banafshe Juliette, Heleni Orna bat Chen Chana , Rafael Chaim Meir ben Sima Chasha , Ephraim ben yenta Freida (a”h), Rahel bat Esther Gittel (a”h), Moriah Tzofia Malka bat Rahel, Chaim Yisroel bat Rahel, Sophia bas priscilla , Jeremie Jay Ben Ileana , Makenzie bas ileana , Bethanie bas ileana, Ana bas ileana , Maisey bas Courtney , Asher Ben Courtney, Zohariel Masada bat Raphael , Shoshanna bas Bella, Benyamin Fischel Ben Shoshanna , Zachariah Moishe Ben Shoshanna , Gila bas Johanna, Johanna Bas Bella, Margie Shabat, Ilana Rahel bat Sara, Daniel ben Ilana Rahel ,Yaakov Pinchas ben Emuna Miriam, Daniella bas Atarah Malkah , Avigayil Chaya bas Atarah Malkah , Ahuva bas Atarah Malkah , Yael bas Atarah Malkah ,Amalia Shani bas Tamar. Devorah Nechama Rus bas Malka, Menachem Mendel ben Malka

Chana Rivka bas Malka. Yana Yaeli Nava bas Lidiya Leah, Alexander Michoel ben Tamara, Sarah Raizel bas Yana Yaeli Nava, Yehudis Pesle bas Yana Yaeli Nava, Yisroel Shalom ben Yana Yaeli Nava , Aron Pinchas ben Yana Yaeli Nava

HaShem help them attain all their hearts desires speedily with complete emuna, excellent health and success in all their endeavors. May all the hostages be released alive immediately, the war ends and there is continuous peace and safety for klal Israel. May all antisemitism cease.

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