The Palm Tree of Devorah
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The Palm Tree of Devorah is a classic 16th-century Jewish ethical and Kabbalistic work by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero that teaches the imitation of God's attributes to cultivate moral character.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Palm Tree of Devorah canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish ethical work
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Kabbalistic work ⓘ mussar text ⓘ religious book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide readers to emulate God
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improve interpersonal ethics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tomer Devorah
NERFINISHED
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Tomer Devorah (The Palm Tree of Deborah) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Moshe Cordovero
NERFINISHED
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Rabbi Moshe Cordovero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Kabbalistic understanding of the sefirot ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
emulating the thirteen attributes of divine mercy
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imitatio Dei ⓘ |
| centuryWritten | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultivation of moral character
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divine attributes ⓘ ethical refinement ⓘ |
| genre |
ethical literature
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mystical literature ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
observant Jews
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students of Jewish ethics ⓘ students of Kabbalah ⓘ |
| hasCommentary | various rabbinic commentaries ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish ethical thought
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later mussar literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Lurianic Kabbalah
NERFINISHED
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earlier Kabbalistic traditions ⓘ |
| movement | Kabbalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| period | Safed Kabbalistic renaissance ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Safed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| subject |
Jewish ethics
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Kabbalistic theology ⓘ compassion ⓘ divine mercy ⓘ humility ⓘ repentance ⓘ |
| teaches | imitation of God's attributes ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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multiple languages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jewish ethical teachers
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Kabbalists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Kabbalah study
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mussar study ⓘ |
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