Turn Aside from Evil and Do Good

TurnAside from Evil and Do Good was written by ZeviHirsch Eichenstein (1763–1831), a hasidic master and renowned adept in Lurianickabbalah. He wrote it with the intention of providing a guide to would-behasidic kabbalists on how to live a holy life. Eichenstein was unusual in thehasidic world in that as well as being a kabbalist he was a competent talmudistand was also acquainted both with the science of his day and with medievalJewish philosophy. His views differ from those of other hasidic mas