{"id":1604,"date":"2013-04-25T15:25:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T19:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2013-04-25T15:25:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T19:25:07","slug":"petach-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/04\/25\/petach-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05e0\u05e9\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d4\u05db\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd &#8211; \u05e0\u05d9\u05d8\u05dc \u05de\u05d4\u05dd \u05db\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4. \u05d5\u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7 \u05d1\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d1\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4. \u05d5\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05dd \u05db\u05da, \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05ea\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05dd, \u05d5\u05ea\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4:<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ability to govern, <\/b>i.e., to facilitate actions and contribute to a set goal,<b> was taken away from the vessels when they were broken. They also didn\u2019t function as the mystical configuration of a perfect form<\/b> then<b>. Instead, they functioned as various imperfect phenomena that were unfit to do things<\/b> fully<b>. It was their source<\/b> i.e., the name <i>AV<\/i>, <b>\u00a0that kept them that way <\/b>throughout the breaking process <b>until a new emanation<\/b>, i.e., the name <i>MaH<\/i>, <b>came about to perfect them and give them form and function.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(c) 2013 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>\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05e0\u05e9\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d4\u05db\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd &#8211; \u05e0\u05d9\u05d8\u05dc \u05de\u05d4\u05dd \u05db\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4. \u05d5\u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05de\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7 \u05d1\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05d1\u05dc\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4. \u05d5\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05dd \u05db\u05da, \u05e2\u05d3 \u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d0\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05ea\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05dd, \u05d5\u05ea\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05dd \u05e6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d4: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ability &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/04\/25\/petach-54\/\">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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabbalah-jewish-thought-ramchal-torah-hashkafa"],"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\/1604","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=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}