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 died at the age of 48, in 1570. The little book Tomer Devorah is an ethical treatise devoted to the doctrine of the Imitation of God. The book was first published in Venice in 1588.
o Chapter 01 The 13 Attributes of Mercy
o Chapter 02 Attaining the Qualities of Kether
o Chapter 03 Attaining the Qualities of Chokmah
o Chapter 04 Attaining the Qualities of Binah
o Chapter 05 Attaining the Qualities of Chesed
o Chapter 06 Attaining the Qualities of Gevurah
o Chapter 07 Attaining the Qualities of Tiferet
o Chapter 08 Attaining the Qualities of Netzach, Hod and Yesod
o Chapter 09 Attaining the Qualities of Malkuth
o Chapter 10 Ascending the Tree
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If anyone knows the translator of this work, please email me the name and book title or other reference for inclusion here. Thanks, Mike. mgraffam@mhv.net
This HTML version of the Tomer Devorah is hosted by Colin Low (cal@digital-brilliance.com), with the kind permission of Mike Graffam. Neither of us know the source of the translation, but I (CL) suspect that it is Moses Cordovero, The Palm Tree of Deborah, trans. Louis Jacobs, New York Sepher-Hermon Press, 1960