{"id":1232,"date":"2012-05-24T11:44:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T15:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2012-05-24T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T15:44:53","slug":"petach-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/05\/24\/petach-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d8\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05df \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e0\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05da \u05d7\u05d6\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05d0, \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05e2\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d6\u05d4 &#8211; \u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e9 \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05dc\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea.<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u05d5\u05d6\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9 \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05dc\u05ea\u05ea \u05de\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e7\u05dc\u05e7\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5. \u05d1\u05e9\u05db\u05e8 \u05d5\u05e2\u05d5\u05e0\u05e9, \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05dd \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05dc\u05d6\u05d4, \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e4\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since nothing is in vain, then when the light first entered<\/strong> the various vessels<strong>, then turned back, and departed &#8212; couldn\u2019t <\/strong>we make the point that <strong>it <\/strong>could <strong>have achieved all these steps <\/strong>in the process of rectifying wrong and of cleansing <em>Atzilut<\/em>, <em>Briah<\/em>, <em>Yetzirah<\/em>, and <em>Assiyah<\/em> <strong>in one move without <\/strong>all of <strong>this<\/strong>, i.e., without all these<strong> <\/strong>apparently extra moves<strong>? But <\/strong>that goes to show <strong>that this <\/strong>entire process<strong> serves an essential function with a <\/strong>purposeful and specific<strong> <\/strong>earthly<strong> consequence. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indeed, this <\/strong>entry of the light within the vessels <strong>is a specific underpinning of the governance of the world with all of its harm and repair, and its reward and punishment, all in accordance with the exact measure of what\u2019s required for this <\/strong>governance<strong>, neither less nor more <\/strong>than<strong> <\/strong>necessary<strong>.<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(c) 2012 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to contact me at <a href=\"mailto:feldman@torah.org\">feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman&#8217;s translation of Maimonides&#8217; &#8220;Eight Chapters&#8221; is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.targum.com\/product.php\/378\/the-8-chapters-of-the-rambam--shemonah-perakim\">here<\/a> at a discount.<\/p>\n<p>You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman&#8217;s translation of &#8220;The Gates of Repentance&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/49s8t\">here<\/a> at a discount as well.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon &#8220;The Path of the Just&#8221; and &#8220;The Duties of the Heart&#8221; (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/torah.org\/learning\/spiritual-excellence\/archives.html\">Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/torah.org\/learning\/ramchal\/archives.html\">Ramchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05e9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d8\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05df \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e0\u05db\u05e0\u05e1 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05da \u05d7\u05d6\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05e6\u05d0, \u05d5\u05d4\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05e2\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d0\u05ea \u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d6\u05d4 &#8211; \u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e9 \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05dc\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea. \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9 \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e6\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05dc\u05ea\u05ea \u05de\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/05\/24\/petach-50\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}