Sefer Tomer Devorah. Ve-hu maamar nikhbad me-ha-Rav … Moshe Cordovero, z”l, be-derekh yesharah shivur lo ha-ad. ve-hitbodeduto ve-takhlito ve-hitbonenut darkhav.

Cordovero, Moshe. Sefer Tomer Devorah. Ve-hu maamar nikhbad me-ha-Rav … Moshe Cordovero, z”l, be-derekh yesharah shivur lo ha-ad. ve-hitbodeduto ve-takhlito ve-hitbonenut darkhav. NP: Gaon Israel, 17th. CE. First edition. 12 mo. 52, 46 pp. Original three-quarter blue leather. This fascinating book contains not only Cordovero’s Sefer Tomer Devorah, but also a letter by Gaon Israel and another book on ethics, the Sefer Midrash Tadshe by Rabbi Pinhas ben Yair. Sefer Tomer Devora describes how man should adapt and adopt God’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy, transforming himself from being mere human to become a Godly individual. The Sefer Midrash Tadshe deals with levels of virtues, the highest of which causes its possessor to share in the holy spirit. The central idea of this midrash is the theory of the relation of the three worlds—earth, man, and the tabernacle. Text in Hebrew (Rashi script). Binding with heavily rubbed covers and spine, detached from block. Small chips and light fraying at head and tail of spine. Some staining of block due to water exposure. Binding in overall poor, interior in good- condition. poor to good-. Hardcover. (39351) $95