We’ll be beginning Section 2 now, entitled Sephirot, which is comprised of Petachim 5 and 6.
Starting off with a review of the classical sources of the concept of the Sephirot, we’ll then present some pre-Ari definitions, and then offer Ari’s own, given that Ramchal’s approach is rooted in Ari’s.
After that we’ll offer our translation of the Mishnayot of Petachim 5 and 6, then an analysis of the section en toto, bit by bit.
(c) 2010 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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