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על פי כל החיבורים האלה נמצאים כל המעשים שנעשו ושנעשים בעולם. כי לא יהיה מה שלא הושרש כאן, לא תיקון ולא קלקול.

ועל פי כל החיבורים האלה מתנהגים כל הדברים לפי מעשה התחתונים, והולכים כל הדברים להיות נקבעים בנצחיות, כל דבר ודבר על פי כל הדברים כולם שנעשו כבר, בין המשתוים, ובין המתנגדים, וההפכיים.

על כן כל החיבורים האלה שולטים בכל שעה. וסובבת ההנהגה מזה לזה בכל דבר, מענין לשוה אליו, מענין להפכו, למתנגד לו, להיות כל ההנהגה בכל חלק. וכן מתחלפים המצבים ברצוא ושוב בפרצופים.

 ואין מבין ומשיג אלא מה שמתגלה לפי הסדר והחק הנראה בפרצופים. אבל מקור הדבר תלוי בחיבורים אלה, וזה אינו מתגלה ונודע כלל:

Everything done or being done in the universe is subject to these connections, i.e., the various connections between MaH and BaN, for there is nothing here that was not rooted there in Radlah, be it a repair or a flaw.

And everything in the worlds of Atzilut and downward is governed in accordance with all these combinations and in accordance with the deeds of the lower creations. Likewise, everything is to be fixed in eternity in the great Day of Judgment in accordance with what that has already been done, whether they’re equivalent, contrary, or the opposite of each other.

As such, these combinations together rule all of the time, and God’s governance turns from one combination to the other concerning everything, turning from one aspect to another one that may either be similar, contrary or opposite to the first, because God’s governance is found in each aspect. And the states of the Partzufim shift from one to the other in the mode of “running and returning”.

No one can understand or grasp anything other than what’s revealed through the order and rules that are visible in the Partzufim. But the source of the matter actually lies in these combinations in Radlah which are not at all revealed or known.

(c) 2015 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org

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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence” and “Ramchal”.

כל מיני החיבורים שהיה אפשר להמצא בין מ”ה וב”ן – באמת נעשו. ועל פי כולם היא ההנהגה העיקרית הנעלמת. ויש חיבורים הפכיים, ואף על פי כן שניהם נמצאים, כי הפרצופים מורכבים כך, ומשניהם נמצאים איכויות בפרצופים.

 ולפי שליטתם למעלה – כך נעשה מה שנעשה בפרצופים, אך אינו מושג ונראה כלל. אלא שהשינוים הנמצאים בפרצופים בכמה מיני מצבים, ומקרים אחרים המתחדשים בהם – ידענו שהם יוצאים מזה. אך אין שום אחד רואה אותם מה שהם באמת:

All the possible combinations of MaH and BaN did indeed come about in Radlah, and the primary order of covert governance came about thanks to those combinations. Now, there are other ways of combining MaH and BaN too, and both sorts exist within Radlah because that’s the way Partzufim are combined, and because both produce particular qualities in Partzufim.

It’s important to know too that the way these combinations govern up above in Radlah determines what happens in the Partzufim down below, in Atzilut. It’s just that this, i.e., which combination is governing at any point, simply can’t be grasped or seen. Yet when variations in the Partzufim come about in various states of being and when certain other changes suddenly take place in them, we know in hindsight that they derived from Radlah, though in fact no one can see them for what they truly are.

(c) 2015 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org

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AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman’s translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here at a discount.

You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman’s translation of “The Gates of Repentance” here at a discount as well.

Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence” and “Ramchal”.

מקום ההנהגה לפי ענין התחברות של מ”ה עם ב”ן הוא ברישא דלא אתידע. ולפי מה שמתנהג בה – נולד הנהגה גדולה בפרצופים.

אך בין היא ובין תולדותיה אינם מושגים ונודעים כלל. כי אם לפעמים נראות איזה תנועות בפרצופים, שאין שרשם נודע, ובאמת הם תלויות מכאן:

The realm in which all of the governance having to do with the conjunction of MaH with BaN occurs is termed “The Unfathomable Beginning”. And what happens there affects a great deal of the governance occurring within the Partzufim.

While neither “The Unfathomable Beginning” nor its offshoots can be at all grasped or known it’s nonetheless true that at times certain movements can be detected in the Partzufim whose sources are unknown but which still and all actually derive from “The Unfathomable Beginning”.

(c) 2015 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org

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AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman’s translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here at a discount.

You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman’s translation of “The Gates of Repentance” here at a discount as well.

Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence” and “Ramchal”.

This section is entitled “The Issue of Radlah (רישא דלא אתידע — Reisha D’lo Ityada, “The Unfathomable Beginning) and Uncertainties about It” and it encompasses Petachim 85-89. As usual, we’ll first translate each Petach, arrive at an overview of the entire section, then explain each Petach separately in that light.

(c) 2015 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org

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AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman’s translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here at a discount.

You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman’s translation of “The Gates of Repentance” here at a discount as well.

Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence” and “Ramchal”.