Pardes Rimonim
First Edition
Cracow, 1592
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Introduction to the wisdom of kabbalah with many explanations on teachings of the Zohar, by the kabbalist Rabbi Moshe Cordova, known as the Ramak.
Includes an illustration of the tree of sefiros, as well as many other kabbalistic illustrations.
Rabbi Moshe Cordova’s Kabbalah
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 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 in the Hidden Torah he was a disciple of his brother-in-law Rabbi Shlomo Elkabetz. Eliyahu Hanavi revealed himself to him, and the Arizal testified that at the funeral of Rabbi Moshe Cordova he was accompanied by a Heavenly pillar of fire (Shem Hagedolim, Ramak).
Printing of Pardes Rimonim
The printing began in Cracow in the famous printing press of Yitzchak Prostitz until the outbreak of a terrible plague, which lead Yitzchak Prostitz to flee to Nowy Dwor with his printing press. It was in Nowy Dwor, adjacent to Warsaw, that the printing was completed. (See colophon and title page.)
Cracow- Nowy Dwor, 1592. First edition. [2] 211 leaves. Page size: 30 cm. Professional restoration of first 20 leaves and of several of the last pages. Antique wood binding covered in leather with clasps. Professional restoration of binding; new leather spine.
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