<<(RaMa”K).>> Tomer Devorah ["The Date Palm of Deborah" - Kabbalistic ethics].
Auction 94 |
Thursday, June 17th,
2021 at 11:00am
Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx
Lot 101
CORDOVERO, MOSHE
<<(RaMa”K).>> Tomer Devorah ["The Date Palm of Deborah" - Kabbalistic ethics].
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1589
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $12,000
<<RARE FIRST EDITION OF A FUNDAMENTAL KABBALISTIC WORK.>>
R. Moshe Cordovero (1522-70), the great systematizer of Kabbalah, lays down here the foundations for Kabbalistic ethical literature. Pivoting on the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (Micah 7:18-20), the work provides instruction how one may spiritually connect with each of the Ten Sefiroth.
Despite its Kabbalistic underpinnings, Tomer Devorah became a widely consulted ethical work, the study of which was recommended by R. Israel Salanter, founder of the Mussar movement, whose famous letter on the importance of Mussar was published in the Koenigsberg 1858 edition of Tomer Devorah.