{"id":109,"date":"2010-07-27T10:54:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T14:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=109"},"modified":"2010-07-27T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T14:54:34","slug":"%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2010\/07\/27\/%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05d3 Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Ramchal\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sod<\/em> <em>HaYichud. <\/em>Original will be in bold, all comments in standard print.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The <em>Ein<\/em> <em>Sof<\/em> was as perfect (from the first) as He is now and as He will be in the World to Come without any change (in between). It\u2019s just that His perfection wasn\u2019t actually made manifest at first, while it will be later on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since He wanted this manifestation to come about, there are thus three matters (under discussion when it comes to God\u2019s <em>Yichud<\/em>): a Beginning, End, and Middle. \u201cBeginning\u201d refers to (that epoch in which) His original perfection was there in a state of potentiality; \u201cEnd\u201d refers to (that epoch of time in which) His perfection will actually be made manifest; and \u201cMiddle\u201d refers to (that epoch of time) before His perfection is to be made manifest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>There is no wrong (evil, wickedness, sinfulness, un-holiness, un-Godliness, etc.) in the \u201cBeginning\u201d or the \u201cEnd\u201d, as everything is good (right, righteous, holy, Godly) then. In the \u201cMiddle\u201d, though, there are things that <em>appear<\/em> to be wrong (evil, etc.) but they\u2019re actually good. This (entire paradigm) is termed \u201cName and Expression\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s to say that <em>Ein<\/em> <em>Sof<\/em> stands apart from space-time as an inherently existent, independent, perfect entity, and has been so from before space-time came about, and remains so in the course of space-time as well as after space-time will cease to exist.<\/p>\n<p>Space-time &#8212; <em>as well as any notions of right and wrong<\/em> &#8212; are all beside His point, if you will, for He is only termed The Creator, and all the other appellations applied to Him after having brought reality as we know it about. Hence, His \u201cName\u201d, i.e., the truest depiction of <em>Ein Sof<\/em>, isn\u2019t Creator, The Benevolent One, or the like: they\u2019re mere Expressions of the role He assumes in the course of space-time. His own Self doesn\u2019t touch on any of that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2010 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Ramchal\u2019s\u00a0Sod HaYichud. Original will be in bold, all comments in standard print. 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