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

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Tomer Devorah hasEnglishTitle The Palm Tree of Devorah