{"id":1073,"date":"2012-01-29T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T14:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2012-01-29T09:05:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T14:05:44","slug":"taking-it-personally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/01\/29\/taking-it-personally\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking It Personally"},"content":{"rendered":"

The radiance within Adam Kadmon<\/em>\u2019s face is actually a paradigm of the radiance that\u2019s intrinsic to our own face\u2019s makeup, Ramchal indicates. As he worded it in his comments, \u201cthe (human) face should actually express a \u2018shine\u2019 or \u2018splendor\u2019 like the sun\u2019s\u201d and like Adam Kadmon<\/em>\u2019s face, \u201cas was true of Moses, whose face radiated (Exodus 34:29) and of Pinchas [1]\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why this radiance isn\u2019t visible now is because since Adam\u2019s sin man’s face is no longer perfect. As Adam had had this radiance [2]\u2026. In point of fact, in the future we\u2019ll all emit this radiance, as it\u2019s written: \u2018And they that are wise shall radiate splendor like the splendor of the firmament\u2019 (Daniel 12:3)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vayikra<\/em> Rabbah<\/em> 1:1.<\/p>\n

[2] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zohar 1, 142b.<\/p>\n

(c) 2012 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

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