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Moses ben Jacob Cordovero

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articulated a subsequent system of Kabbalistic theology, with new supra-rational doctrines recasting previous Kabbalistic thought. While Lurianism displaced the Cordoverian scheme and became predominant in Judaism, its followers read Cordoverian works in harmony with their teachings. Where to them,
1700:("The Book of Banishments") - a disclosure of Ramak's fellowship and their devotional piety in the Galilean outskirts of Safed. A highly informative text concerning Ramak's devotional piety and the use of landscape as the negotiator between heaven and earth. 1592:(known by the acronym "Ari" or "Arizal") arrived in Safed on the exact day of the funeral of Moshe Cordovero in 1570. When he joined in the funeral procession, he realised that only he saw a pillar of fire following the Ramak's presence. The 1575:
Moses was survived by a wife, the sister of Solomon Alkabetz, whose name remains unknown and by his son Gedaliah (1562–1625). Gedaliah was the impetus behind the publication of some of Moses' books in Venice c. 1584–7. Gedaliah was buried in
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in systemising Kabbalah, the method of philosophical style discourse he held most effective in describing a process that reflects sequential logic and coherence. His encyclopedic works became a central stage in the development of Kabbalah.
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describes this spiritual revelation as a sign to the individual who sees it, that he is meant to inherit the succession of leadership from the departed person. However, as Luria had been instructed to find his chosen disciple in Safed,
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in articulating a rational study of Jewish thought, Moshe Cordovero produced the first full integration of the previous differing schools in Kabbalistic interpretation. While he was a mystic inspired by the opaque imagery of the Zohar,
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and mystical creativity. Albeit not involved in mystical studies until his twentieth year, he soon after gained a reputation of an extraordinary genius and a prolific writer. Besides his knowledge in kabbalah, he was a
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as "Moses Cordovero, The Palm Tree of Deborah", New York Sepher-Hermon Press, 1960, BJ1287.C8T61J2; and later by Rabbi Moshe Miller (1993). First chapter was also translated with an extensive commentary by
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and the Zoharic literary offshoots. Its publication ended around 2005 in Jerusalem (some 22 volumes). Certain parts, such as Tefilah le-Moshe and Shiur Qomah, were previously published as separate works.
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and religious piety. Certain parts of Moses' works are still manuscripts, whereas his existing writings suggest many other compositions which he either intended to write or had written, but were lost.
1471:. The young Moses not only mastered the text but decided to organize the kabbalistic themes leading to his day and present them in an organized fashion. This led to the composition of his first book, 1481:, as it is known, was a systemization of all Kabbalistic thought up to that time and featured the author's attempt at a reconciliation of various early schools with the conceptual teachings of the 1447:. As a whole, Moses' contributions to posterity were in speculative and performative Kabbalah, but during his lifetime he was the renowned head of the Yeshiva for Portuguese immigrants in Safed. 1762:
Cordovero, M., "Or Ne'erav", in Moses Cordovero's Introduction to Kabbalah: An Annotated Version of his "Or Ne'erav", trans. Robinson, I., Michael Scharf: Yeshiva University Press, 1994
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The two schools of Cordoveran and Lurianic Kabbalah give two alternative accounts and synthesis of the complete theology of Kabbalah until then, based on their interpretation of the
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of Ottoman Palestine, which he led for approximately twenty years until his death. He is buried in Old Cemetery of Tzfat / Safed. His disciples included
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of some 16 volumes in its extant manuscript form, which had occupied Ramak throughout his adult life - a classic commentary on the Zohar,
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World. Both articulations of the 16th century mystical Renaissance in Safed gave Kabbalah an intellectual prominence to rival Medieval
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thought who was respected in these fields. Contrary to popular belief, however, he was not one of the rabbis who received the special
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Article: "The Development of Kabbalah in Three Stages" Section: "The Historical Evolution of Kabbalistic Thought" from www.inner.org
1477:"Orchard of Pomegranates", which was completed in 1548 and secured his reputation as a brilliant Kabbalist and a lucid thinker. The 1933: 1854: 1200: 536: 1534:, a highly abstract treatise on kabbalistic concerns revolving around the Godhead and its relationship to the sefirot; and the 44: 356: 1675:
The Kabbalah of Forgiveness: The Thirteen Levels of Mercy in Rabbi Moshe Cordovero's Date Palm of Devorah (Tomer Devorah)
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Eugene D. Matanky, "Illustration, Dissemination, and Production: Diagrams in Moses Cordovero's Pardes Rimonim,"
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Cordovero, M., "Pardes Rimonim", Parts 1-4, trans., Getz, E., Providence University, 2007, p.ix
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The Development of Kabbalistic Thought: Evolution (Hishtalshelut) and the Kabbalah of the Ramak
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in the Damascus Eyalet, where he had spent most of his adult life after returning from Venice.
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to demonstrate an essential unity and self-consistent philosophical basis of Kabbalah.
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and perhaps fled from there during the expulsion of 1492 ensuing from the
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Light") - translated to English and annotated by Ira Robinson (1994).
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based on kabbalistic principles. It was translated into English by
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Moses Cordovero's Meditations for the Ten Days of Repentance
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excepted from Henry Abramson's The Kabbalah of Forgiveness.
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The name Cordovero indicates that his family originated in
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Around 1550 he founded a Kabbalah academy in Safed in the
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of New York, MS. no. 1767, copied by the Yemenite scribe
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Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts
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Succession of Kabbalistic interpretation after the Ramak
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Index

Moses Cordovero

Ottoman Empire
Hebrew
Kabbalah
Safed
Ottoman Syria
acronym
Hebrew
Kabbalah
Zohar
Meir ibn Gabbai
Jewish philosophy
evolving
cause and effect
Infinite
Finite
Isaac Luria
World
Rectification
pre-Rectification
Rationalism
Expulsion from Spain
a series
Kabbalah
Esoteric symbolism
Ein Sof
Tzimtzum
Ohr
Ayin and Yesh

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