{"id":675,"date":"2018-06-26T20:27:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/derechhashem\/?p=675"},"modified":"2018-06-26T20:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T20:27:39","slug":"derech-hashem-254","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/derechhashem\/2018\/06\/26\/derech-hashem-254\/","title":{"rendered":"Derech Hashem 2:5:4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derech<\/em> Hashem<\/em> – The Way of G-d 2:5:4<\/p>\n

1.<\/p>\n

G-d saw to it that each appointed angel would work at and fulfill its assigned role, and that it would only be prevented from accomplishing it in ways that He Himself set up.<\/p>\n

And so, for example, the angel appointed over trees 1 <\/sup>would just naturally do all it could to keep them fit. Yet, G-d could have the angel appointed over wind 2 <\/sup>overpower some trees and thus over-rule the reign of the angel appointed over those trees, and knock them over 3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

2.<\/p>\n

Obviously, all of this is played out in very many ways and in different realms. For example, there are angels assigned over natural phenomena and their laws, and others that function as agents of Divine judgment. And the latter may affect and sometimes even countervail natural phenomena in order to carry out a judgment. There are likewise very many instances involved there, all of which are rooted in G-d\u2019s own hidden ways 4<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Footnotes:<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>Overall, as opposed to angels appointed over specific trees.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>Also overall, as opposed to angels appointed to each instance of wind.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>See Sod Hashem Liraiav <\/em>17 and Ari\u2019s Sha\u2019ar Hagilgulim <\/em>25.<\/p>\n

That is, every angel has a nature and “post” which it never abandons — unless G-d wants it to. In fact, that’s the model we’re to follow in our service to Him; we too are to be sure and fixed in our beings rather than wind-driven and hesitant, and to always \u00a0be braced and set to fulfill G-d’s will.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s also to say that G-d saw to it that there\u2019d be an orderly delegation of duties in the world (see 2:5:3), but that there\u2019d also be conflicts of interest which He would manage. Conflicts of interest play themselves out in human society, too, of course. \u00a0It\u2019s just that the human sort is often motivated by selfishness while none of that plays itself out in the angelic realm.<\/p>\n

4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup>See Pitchei Chochma V\u2019da\u2019at <\/em>108-112, 125.<\/p>\n

(c) 2018 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rabbi Feldman’s new annotated translation of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag\u2019s \u201cIntroduction to the Zohar\u201d is available as \u201cThe Kabbalah of Self\u201d on Kindle here<\/a>. His annotated translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here<\/a> and his annotated translation of Rabbeinu Yonah\u2019s “The Gates of Repentance” is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes torah.org entitled \u201cSpiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d that can be subscribed to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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