{"id":1126,"date":"2012-02-29T11:38:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T16:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2012-02-29T11:38:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T16:38:33","slug":"akudim-nikkudim-and-verudim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/02\/29\/akudim-nikkudim-and-verudim\/","title":{"rendered":"Akudim, Nikkudim, and Verudim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s explain the worlds of Akudim<\/em>, and their associated terms <\/em>the worlds of Nikkudim<\/em> and of Verudim<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As Ar\u201di indicates, \u201cit is explained by the scriptural passage in which Jacob says, \u2018I saw in a dream that the rams who mounted the sheep were banded (Akudim<\/em>), dotted (Nikkudim<\/em>), and spotted (Verudim<\/em>)\u2019 (Genesis 31:10)\u2026.\u00a0 They begin with Akudim<\/em> because this is the light that came out of the mouth of Adam Kadmon<\/em>, through which the vessels (to be discussed below) began to be revealed as ten internal and surrounding lights, bound together and connected within a single vessel. That is the reason why it is called Akudim<\/em>, using the expression from the verse \u2018\u2026 he bound (yakod<\/em>) Isaac\u2019 (Genesis 22:9)\u2026. The higher lights of the \u2018ear\u2019 and \u2018nose\u2019 are not mentioned in this passage because the existence of vessels was not revealed in them\u201d [1]. They\u2019re termed Akudim<\/em> because they\u2019re included in one vessel which thus joins them all together [2].<\/p>\n

Thus, in this first stage, the Sephirot<\/em> were not yet divisible into separate lights contained in ten vessels; rather, they were experienced as a single vessel comprised of ten Sephira-elements.<\/p>\n

The next stage is where the expansion of the lights began, and where from the one vessel that included all ten, the ten Sephirot<\/em> became separate and distinguishable \u201cdots\u201d. This is what is called “the world of Nikkudim<\/em>.” It can be said to be a sort of transition stage to the world of the Verudim<\/em>. The latter is where every sephira<\/em> becomes comprised of ten of its own, which was repeated over and over again.\u00a0 It is the world of Atzilut<\/em>, where we find the root of all multiplicity.<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From The Tree of Life <\/em>pp. 232-233 (with slight changes).<\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Eitz Chaim<\/em>, Sha\u2019ar ha\u2019Akudim<\/em> 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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