Saturday, 2 March 2013

Mussar: The Tomer Devorah

From Derech Emet:

All those who study this book [Tomer Devorah byRabbi Moshe Cordovero] and recite it every week
or every month, they are guaranteed to be worthyof the afterlife of the righteous
[Mubtach Lo SheHu Ben HaOlam HaBa].

And whoever accustoms himself to [practice] it, he will be fortunate and it will be good for him. And in truth, it is a mitzvah for every Jew to purchase this book.

MICROBIOGRAPHY 1:
Tomer Devorah was written by Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, who was born in 1522, lived in Tzfat [Safed] and died in 1570, a beloved disciple of Rabbi Yosef Caro. Sefer Charedim, chapter 9, paragraph 18, calls him "perfectly wise."

MICROBIOGRAPHY 2:
Rabbi Isaiah ben Avraham HaLevi Horowitz [or Hurvitz] was born in Prague (Czech Republic) in year 1565 CE and died in Tzfat (Israel) in 1630 CE. He is often known as the Shelah HaKodesh because of the initials of the book he wrote: Sefer Shnei Luchot HaBrit.

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Also Shelah may also match
'Shaya
Levi
Horowitz

Best Regards,
RRW

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