Cordovero, Moshe, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 2 - Parts 5-8:5, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 3 - Parts 8:6-26 , Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 4 - Parts 9-12, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Table of Contents, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 1 - Parts 1-4

Cordovero, Moshe, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 2 - Parts 5-8:5, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 3 - Parts 8:6-26 , Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 4 - Parts 9-12, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Table of Contents, Pardes Rimonim - Orchard of Pomegranates, Vol. 1 - Parts 1-4: " A powerful intellect, fertile writer, and gigantic figure in Kabbalah, Ramak (circa 1520-1570) distinguished himself first in Talmudic studies while under the tutelage of Rabbi Yosef Caro. However, he began his Kabbalah studies at age 20 with Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, who was both his brother-in-law and composer of Lecha Dodi. In the Pardes, Ramak also displays a marked philosophical influence by the Rambam (Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, i.e. Maimonides). Indeed, Ramak's encyclopedic work in Kabbalah heralded the renaissance of kabbalistic genius that emerged after him in Safed"

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