Tomer Devorah

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Tomer Devorah is a seminal Kabbalistic ethical treatise by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero that guides readers in imitating the divine attributes of mercy and compassion.

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Tomer Devorah canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethical work
Kabbalistic ethical treatise
mussar text
aimsTo align human behavior with divine qualities
audience Jewish practitioners
students of Kabbalah
students of mussar
author Moshe Cordovero
basedOn Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
category Jewish Kabbalistic texts
Jewish ethical texts
centuryOfComposition 16th century
countryOfOrigin Ottoman Empire
emphasizes forgiveness
humility
loving-kindness
overlooking insult
patience
focusesOn compassion
ethical refinement
imitation of divine attributes
mercy
genre ethical treatise
mussar
hasEnglishTitle The Palm Tree of Devorah
influenced Jewish ethical thought
later mussar literature
influencedBy Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic-era Kabbalah

Zohar
languageOfWork Hebrew
movement Safed Kabbalah
placeOfOrigin Safed
religiousSubtradition Kabbalah
religiousTradition Judaism
scripturalBasis Book of Exodus
Exodus 34
surface form: Exodus 34:6–7
structure chapters corresponding to divine attributes
subject character refinement
divine mercy
ethical conduct
interpersonal ethics
teaches emulating the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
imitatio Dei
titleLanguage Hebrew
usedIn mussar study
personal spiritual development

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Moshe Cordovero notableWork Tomer Devorah
Sefer Gerushin relatedWork Tomer Devorah
Cordovero notableWork Tomer Devorah
subject surface form: Moshe Cordovero