Musar and Kabbalah

According to my teacher, Ya'qub Ibn Yusuf, the Musar movement was very Kabalistic! Jewish history is not a conflict between mystics and rationalists, though it is often portrayed that way. There are actually very few real rationalists in Jewish religious history. Two that come to mind are Rambam and Saadia HaGaon. The Vilna Gaon was actually a big Kabalist! Although he believed in keeping his exploration of Kabala low key.

This article is a stem for further development.