{"id":117,"date":"2010-07-29T11:03:59","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T15:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2010-07-29T11:03:59","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T15:03:59","slug":"%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2010\/07\/29\/%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%93-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d7\u05d5\u05d3 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thus, there are two sorts of <em>zivvugim<\/em> (literally, \u201ccouplings)\u201d: the <em>zivvug<\/em> of (the elements that comprise) the Middle, and the <em>zivvugim<\/em> of (the elements that comprise) the Beginning and End. For, while God\u2019s <em>Yichud<\/em> has to be made manifest, it only comes about little by little and by means of <em>zivvugim<\/em>. \u201cLeft\u201d surrenders to \u201cRight\u201d, and Good prevails as Evil returns to Good. Once the <em>Yichud<\/em> is made manifest in the Middle (epoch) the others (i.e., the other elements) of Beginning and End then automatically conjoin, as everything will then be One &#8212; Beginning, Middle, and End. And all will be Good without any Evil. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(It would not have happened before that) for as long as the Middle existed &#8212; which is (the paradigm of) \u201cName and Expression\u201d as well as of \u201cBenevolence versus Judgment\u201d &#8212; there\u2019s a differentiation between Beginning and End. For Beginning is (then only in a potential state) and not yet actualized as the End, which is (in a) realized (state). But once the Middle returns to Goodness, Beginning and End will automatically conjoin, which is the mystical import of (the expression) \u201cI am first and I am last\u201d (Isaiah 44:6).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s to say that the <em>ultimate<\/em> and <em>inevitable<\/em> coupling of Beginning and End (which are identical) will only come about once the coupling of the Middle &#8212; of all the elements of the cosmos including matter, paradox, ethics, reward and punishment, and more &#8212; occurs. But that slow process is purposeful, as we&#8217;ll see; God\u2019s aim wouldn\u2019t be served if it happened automatically and from the get-go.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2010 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thus, there are two sorts of zivvugim (literally, \u201ccouplings)\u201d: the zivvug of (the elements that comprise) the Middle, and the zivvugim of (the elements that comprise) the Beginning and End. 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