Moses Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal)

Moses Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) was an Italian rabbi, kabbalist, and philosopher who also wrote dramatic works and literary criticism. Gifted with an almost photographic memory, he wrote many works, some which became standards of Kabbalah and ethics. He was suspected of Sabbateanism but was exonerated by his teachers and colleagues with a warning to cease engaging in speculative kabbalistic writing. Toward the end of his life, he moved to the land of Israel.