[Avodah] Ran and Kabbalah - seeking sources

[David Riceman]

Me:
> : Tshuvos HaRivash #157.  If you have the M'chon Yerushalayim edition 
> : check out footnote 7.
>   
RMB:
> Could you write something on list for those of us who don't have fn 7?
>   
Rivash: My teacher, Rabbeinu Nissim, informed me privately that the 
Ramban "involved himself much more than necessary in belief in kabbalah" 
[harbei yoteir midai taka atzmo haRamban z"l l'ha'amin b'inyan 
hakabbalah], and therefore I don't involve myself in that science 
because I did not receive it from a wise initiate [mekubbal haham].

<I was unsure how to translate the bit in quotation marks so I stole 
Rabbi Kanarfogel's translation from p. 258 of Rabbi Bleich's book "With 
Perfect Faith".  I hope the snippet is short enough to be deemed fair use.>

Footnote 7: See similar remarks in Tshuvos REM  #1, Tshuvos MaHaRSHaL 
#98  <one of my personal favorites>, and Tshuvos  Havoth Yair at the end 
of #210 citing the Rama.

David Riceman