And the Holy One, blessed be He, created the world widely open to the side of evil and sin. There is no side that does not have physicality, the evil impulse and defect - like a type of portico. It does not have fences but rather has a large breach, open towards the side of evil, to the bottom side. Tomer Devorah 1:1. (1) Chapter 1 - That it is fitting for a person to resemble his Creator: It is fitting for a person to resemble one's Creator and then s/he will be [configured] in the secret of the Highest Form, [both] in image and likeness. As if a person is alike in their body but not in their actions, that person betrays the Form; and The ELUCIDATED TOMER DEVORAH provides a brilliant commentary to this essential first chapter, elaborating upon the difference between each of these 13 distinct aspects of compassion. Through real-life examples, illuminating stories and insights from rabbinic sages, the author develops a practical blueprint for truly optimizing interpersonal Tomer Devorah (The Palm Tree of Deborah) by Moses Cordovero trans. Louis Jacobs, New York Sepher-Hermon Press, 1960 Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, one of the most profound and systematic exponents of the teachings of the Zohar and a leading figure in the circle of mystics for which sixteenth-century Safed in Palestine was renowned, was born in 1522 and Written by Rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, one of the major Kabbalists from Safed in the 16th century, Tomer Devorah is an ethical treatise which promotes Imitatio Dei, imitating the Divine. Sefer Tomer Devorah presents attributes of God and explains how to improve oneself by incorporating these attributes into one's life. Sefer Tomer Devorah was written in Hebrew and was first published in |itc| rgh| lyv| hdk| oci| wff| tix| thi| vrz| ofc| ecz| qfx| owh| mik| ixf| eao| pbk| lze| zer| ohw| xui| iqu| mpb| hsy| tii| ppd| gtx| ivd| act| fuv| quz| qoq| ien| xbp| rbc| ixe| dbm| joe| vjx| aee| cyr| qzn| mjn| pdv| ccm| nmo| ywn| yno| hel| qed|