Eliyahu de Vidas (Hebrew: אליהו די וידאש; 1518–1587, Hebron) was a 16th-century rabbi in Ottoman Palestine. He was primarily a disciple of Moses ben Jacob Cordovero and Isaac Luria. De Vidas is known for his expertise in the Kabbalah. He wrote Reshit Chochmah "Beginning of Wisdom," a pietistic work that is still widely studied by Orthodox Jews...