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– Tomer Devorah -The Palm Tree of Devorah, by Moses Cordovero, bi-lingual edition translated & annotated by Rabbi Moshe Miller, New York: Feldheim, 1993.
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– Anthology of Jewish Mysticism, by Raphael Ben Zion (ed.), New York: Judaica Press, 1981 (includes Cordovero’s Tomer Devorah in full and 3 other texts). – Meditation for the10 days of Tshuvah: Translations of Kordovero’s Tomer Devorah: – – Moses Kordovero’s Introduction to Kabbalah: An Annotated Translation of His Or Ne’Erav, translated by Ira Robinson. Tomer Devorah (The Palm Tree of Devorah) Some Resources in English: Sefer Alimah Rabti (The Great Work of ‘to Elim’) Pardes Rimonim (Orchard of Pomegranates). Ramak’s revered teacher, Rabbi Yosef Caro exclaims, “Here lies the Ark of the Torah.” Published Writings: The Arizal eulogizes him and observes that the bier bearing Ramak to his burial place is preceded by a pillar of fire. – 1570: Passes away at age forty-eight, on the 23rd of Tammuz. – In the last year of Ramak’s life, the Arizal comes to Tzfat and becomes his student. Students include Rabbi Eliyahu di Vidash (author of Reishit Chochma), Rabbi Abraham Galanti, Rabbi Chaim Vital. – 550: Opens an academy for the study of mysticism. 1548: Completes his classic “Pardes Rimonim” (Garden of Pomegranates) – 1542: At age twenty, becomes a student of his brother-in-law, Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz (composer of the famous Friday night prayer, Lecho Dodi), with whom he studies the esoteric aspect of Torah, the Kabbalah. – At age eighteen, is the youngest of four great rabbis to be ordained by Rabbi Yaakov BeRav – the others are Rabbi Yosef Karo, Rabbi Moshe of Trani, and Rabbi Moshe Galanti. – Studies under Rabbi Yosef Caro (author of the Shulchan Aruch) At the time, Israel was then under Ottoman Turkish rule. – 1522: Born in Tzfat, Israel to a distinguished family of Spanish descent, originally from the town of Cordova. His sublime personality and prolific literary output reached far and wide, changing the landscape of life everywhere. Ramak penned many influential Kabbalistic works and was one of the greatest disseminators of mysticism. Even the great Arizal studied with him and greatly honored him.
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In Tzfat, Israel he opened an academy for the study of mysticism, where many of the greatest mystics of the age studied. His mystical classic “Pardes Rimonim” (Garden of Pomegranates), written when he was only 27, synthesizes all the major topics of mysticism in an orderly and relatively philosophical system. Rabbi Moshe Kordovero had a monumental influence on mysticism, matched only by his contemporary, the holy Arizal.