Bidspirit auction | Rare Classic Kabbalah: Pardas Rimonim,

Rare Classic Kabbalah: Pardas Rimonim, Krakau, 1592, First edition. An introduction to the wisdom of Kabbalah with many explanations on the words of the Zohar, by the kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Cordova, known as the Ramak. The light of the Arizal and the Ramak began to illuminate the world as the study of the Zohar first began to spread, and these tzaddikim became leaders in the world of the wisdom of Kabbalah. Rabbi Menachem Azarya of Pano explains the primary difference in the approaches of the Arizal and Ramak to the study of Kabbalah in his introduction to 'Pelach Harimon'. He says that just as the Torah has pshat and sod, so too in the study of Kabbalah. The Ramak explains Kabbalah through pshat, and the Arizal explains Kabbalah through sod. Rabbi Moshe Cordova (1522-1570) was a disciple of Rabbi Yosef Karo in the Revealed Torah, and a disciple of his brother-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz in the Hidden Torah. He merited to the revelation of Eliyahu Hanavi, and the Arizal testified that at his funeral Rabbi Moshe Cordova was accompanied by a Heavenly pillar of fire (Shem Hagedolim, Ramak). Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod # 344 Size : 30 cm Pages : [2] 211, Incorrect page count. 2 sides were left blank and were replace with old writing - those pages are not missing, they were just blank on one side [page 151b and 157a]. Condition : Overall in very fine condition, some stains, few small holes on first 2 pages, page 183 slight trimmed to text, leather binding.