Tomer Devorah or The Palm Tree of Deborah (Hebrew: תומר דבורה) was written in Hebrew in the middle of the 16th century by Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, a Jewish kabbalist in Safed, Ottoman Syria.[1] This short text deals mostly with the Imitation of God through the acquisition of divine traits, especially those of the sephirot.[2] The first edition was published in Venice in 1588.[1] Although not widely read among Jews today, it is popular in the musar movement, which focuses on the individual cultivation of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy of God.

Book- Tree of life, Medieval

The title is taken from Judges 4:5.

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  1. ^ a b "REMAḲ (MOSES BEN JACOB CORDOVERO) - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  2. ^ Dan, Joseph (1987). "The Safed School of the Kabbalah". Gershom Scholem and the Mystical Dimension of Jewish History. NYU Press. pp. 255–256. JSTOR j.ctt9qg6m5.12. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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