{"id":1680,"date":"2013-08-29T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2013-08-29T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T13:58:45","slug":"petach-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/08\/29\/petach-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">\u05de&#8221;\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05ea\u05d1\u05e8\u05e8 [\u05e0&#8221;\u05d0, \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8] \u05de\u05d1&#8221;\u05df, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4, \u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9&#8221;\u05e2. \u05d0\u05da \u05e0\u05e9\u05d0\u05e8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d1&#8221;\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dd \u05de&#8221;\u05d4. \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05d4, \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d1\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05dc\u05da \u05d5\u05e0\u05ea\u05e7\u05df \u05de\u05e2\u05d8 \u05de\u05e2\u05d8, \u05e2\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e0\u05ea\u05e7\u05df \u05d4\u05db\u05dc, \u05d5\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05d1\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d5\u05ea<b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\" align=\"right\"><b><\/b><b><i>\u00a0MaH<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b>which is to say, the lights of the \u201cforehead\u201d,<b> <\/b>which represent eventual perfection,<b> had all the levels that were selected from <i>BaN<\/i><\/b>, which came about as a result of the <i>Shevira<\/i> process and represents imperfection, <b>connected to it, and out of it were produced the \u201cTree of Holiness\u201d, which is to say, <\/b>the various of <i>Partzufim<\/i> of <b><i>Atzilut<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b>and the worlds of <b><i>Briah<\/i><\/b><b>, <i>Yetzirah<\/i>, and <i>Assiyah<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><b>But other levels of <i>BaN<\/i> that weren\u2019t attached to <i>MaH<\/i> remained behind <\/b>in <i>Atzilut<\/i>, <i>Briah<\/i>, <i>Yetzirah<\/i>, and <i>Assiyah<\/i><b>, so creation wasn\u2019t complete given there were still a number of deficiencies. Nonetheless this <\/b>connection of <i>MaH<\/i> and <i>Ban<\/i> <b>will <\/b>eventually<b> be rectified step by step to the point where everything will be repaired and in a state of perfection.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/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&#8221;\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05ea\u05d1\u05e8\u05e8 [\u05e0&#8221;\u05d0, \u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8] \u05de\u05d1&#8221;\u05df, \u05d5\u05de\u05d4\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4, \u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d1\u05d9&#8221;\u05e2. \u05d0\u05da \u05e0\u05e9\u05d0\u05e8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d1&#8221;\u05df \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05ea\u05d7\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dd \u05de&#8221;\u05d4. \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d3\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0\u05d4, \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9 \u05d1\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05d4 \u05d7\u05e1\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/08\/29\/petach-61\/\">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-1680","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\/1680","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=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}