“All of the character traits, which are in such great need of correction and cultivation—who will cultivate and correct them if we do not give heart to them and subject them to exacting scrutiny?”

— Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, book Mesillat Yesharim

Mesillat Yesharim (1738), Introduction

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