The Thirteenth Century · c. 1265
Treatise of the Pool: The Ḥasidic Manual of RaMBaM's Grandson
Rabbi ʿObadya ben Abraham Maimuni · foreword by Ely R. Levy
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About This Edition
- Translation Editor: Eliyahu Freedman.
How does a person clear the heart so that the knowledge of God can fill it?
In Fustat in the 1260s, Rabbi ʿObadya ben Abraham Maimuni, the grandson of RaMBaM, turned his grandfather’s philosophy into a practical guide to the inner life. For seven centuries the work lay almost unread.
This fresh translation from the only surviving manuscript is built on one picture: the heart is a pool clogged with mud, and once cleaned, the living waters of the knowledge of God fill it. Step by step, through the mind, the training of character, purity, and night-time prayer, Rabbi ʿObadya shows his student how.
Part of the House of Maimonides Series: the practical companion to the Guide for the Perplexed.
What Will I Gain from This Book?
A practical guide to the inner life, prayer, and character, and one of the earliest definitions of the ḥasid, five centuries before Eastern European Ḥasidism.
