By
means of this letter we would like to remove from ourselves
and our followers the charge which destructive opponents
who reign . . . seek to place against us without any justification.
The thesis that the blessed En
Sof "fills all worlds and encompasses [them all] and
is within [them]" and "there is no place devoid of Him even
among the lowest things", this is the very thesis of Rabbi
Moses Cordovero, of blessed memory, upon whom I based
our veritable view. . . .
As for your master's outcry against our practice of gesturing
about in various ways during prayer, etc., it would seem
that he is unaware of the statement in the Kuzari
where the question was raised as to why Jews move about
during prayer; see there his precious words. . . . The gesticulations
come about of themselves, not because of prior planning
but due to devekut (cleaving unto Divinity), ecstasy
and alacrity -- in the sense of freshness. . . .
If your eminence will reply, we shall continue our discussion
and you will empirically behold our righteousness as a radiating
light.
