{"id":1347,"date":"2012-08-21T12:59:30","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2012-08-21T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T16:59:30","slug":"ramchal-on-all-of-this-in-klach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2012\/08\/21\/ramchal-on-all-of-this-in-klach-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramchal on all of this in Klach (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ramchal reports that t<\/strong>he world of Nikkudim<\/em> was like a single mass out of which all the details<\/strong>, i.e., of Atzilut<\/em>, Briah<\/em>, Yetzirah<\/em>, and Assiyah<\/em>, had to come about<\/strong>\u201d (Petach<\/em> 39). We\u2019ll return to this theme soon.<\/p>\n

For now, though, he makes a number of other points about the nature, meaning, and purpose of rah<\/em>. He notes that it couldn\u2019t have derived from a higher point than the world of Nikkudim<\/em>. Since \u201chigher up than that there\u2019s nothing that can be relevant to any feature of the other side whatsoever. In Nikkudim<\/em>, though, something\u2019s revealed that does<\/em> bear some relation to the function of the other side\u201d (comments to Petach<\/em> 44).<\/p>\n

He draws an analogy between the Breaking of the Vessels and our people\u2019s state of exile: \u201cThe primordial kings remained broken for just as long as it took to allow the powers of rah<\/em> to be revealed in them. To explain this more fully (i.e., to use an analogy we\u2018ll point out that) The Nation of Israel went into exile and must remain there for as long as it takes for all \u2026 that exists in the wrongful phenomena that rule over them to unfold. In much the same way, these kings remained in their state of destruction for just as long \u2026 as was necessary to produce the various divisions of rah<\/em>. (Once that will be complete, though,) the Supreme Will (i.e., intentions) will be revealed \u2026 and the mystical process of Yichud<\/em>\u201d will come about (comments to Petach<\/em> 47).<\/p>\n

And he raises the question as to why rah<\/em> was produced in the first place. There are a number of answers to that, including the idea that we wouldn\u2019t be privy to free choice if there wasn\u2019t a good versus bad paradigm. While that\u2019s discussed elsewhere in his works, Ramchal offers here that rah<\/em> had to exist for the meanwhile since it served a valuable albeit temporary<\/em> role in the long process of cosmic progression. For God\u2019s \u201cultimate goal wasn\u2019t to produce rah<\/em> per se, but rather to have it turn back to goodness: it\u2019s just that it couldn\u2019t turn back to good until it first actually existed as rah<\/em>\u201d (comments to Petach<\/em> 39).<\/p>\n

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

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