Jewish Literature

All holy thoughts and elevated knowledges sprout on the breadth of the field that God has blessed. And behold there rise constantly at every time and every hour, at every minute and at all intervals of a minute: new and wondrous plants, shoots and blossoms, as there rises constantly the influence of life to our eyes, and the influence of existence in general—all from the flow of the supernal intelligence.

It is impossible for Jewish literature to succeed without the sanctification of the souls of the authors. You must toil to purify your character, your acts and ideas—until your inner world is filled with light and you feel within a intimate completion, while still concerned to perfect all that is wanting, so that you may be filled with humility blended with power, with a tranquil spirit blended with a strong arousal for imparting goodness and wisdom to yourself, and to be filled with an exalted desire to stand at the heights of purity and supernal holiness.

If we desire Jewish literature to live, we must go on that holy path, proceeding from holiness to literature. "There shall be a level path, and it will be called the path of holiness...and they will proceed, redeemed" (Isaiah 35).

Orot Hatechiyah, 36