Moses Ben Jacob Cordovero - Among The Ramak's Most Visible Books

Among The Ramak's Most Visible Books

1. "Pardes Rimonim" ("An Orchard of Pomegranates") - Ramak's first book, which secured his reputation as a mystical genius.
2. Ohr Yakar ("A Precious Light") - A Magnum opus of some 16 volumes in its extant manuscript form, which had occupied Ramak throughout his adult life - a classic commentary on the Zohar, Sefer Yetzirah and the Zoharic literary offshoots. Its publication ended around 2005 in Jerusalem (some 22 volumes). Certain parts of it - such as Tefilah le-Moshe and Shiur Qomah - were also published independently.
3. Tomer Devorah ("Palm tree Deborah"), a popular work of Musar Literature, which exists in an English translation by Rabbi Moshe Miller (1993).
4. "Eilima Rabbati" - of which 2/3 are still unpublished!
5. Ohr Neerav ("A Pleasant Light" - can also mean "a mixed light" and "a darkened light")- exists in an Annotated English translation by Ira Robinson (1994).
6. " Sefer Gerushin" ("The Book of Banishments") - a disclosure of Ramak's fellowship and their devotional piety in the Galilean outskirts of Safed. A highly informative texts in regard to RaMaK's devotional piety and the use of landscape as the negotiator between heaven and earth.