{"id":1692,"date":"2013-10-08T10:11:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2013-10-08T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T14:11:58","slug":"petach-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/10\/08\/petach-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df \u05e0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05d6\u05d4, \u05db\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05db\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05df. <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\">\u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e0\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05d9, \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd \u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05df \u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df, \u05d9\u05e2\u05df \u05d9\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d1&#8221;\u05df \u05dc\u05d1\u05d3\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd \u05de&#8221;\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05df. \u05d5\u05dc\u05db\u05df \u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df \u05e9\u05de\u05d4\u05d0\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d5\u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05dc\u05d0, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05de&#8221;\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d1&#8221;\u05df<b>: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The themes of male and female<\/b>, i.e., the theme of the conjunction of male and female,<b> are also found<\/b> in <b>higher <\/b>realms <b>than this<\/b>, namely in the world of <i>Adam<\/i> <i>Kadmon<\/i><b>, since the system of governance had already been set in the mystical sphere of <i>Chessed<\/i> and <i>Din<\/i><\/b> which are themselves male and female respectively<b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>It\u2019s just that there was a difference when it came to <i>Nikkudim<\/i>, in that male and female weren\u2019t rectified at first <\/b>in that instance, <b>since <i>BaN<\/i> <\/b>which is female <b>emerged on its own. Only afterwards when <i>MaH<\/i> <\/b>which is male <b>came to play a part in them<\/b>, i.e., in the <i>Sephirot<\/i> of <i>Nikkudim<\/i>,<b> through the rectification process did the sources of male and female from <i>Atzilut<\/i> and downwards depend upon a \u201cbalance\u201d<\/b> of male and female<b>, which is the mystical conjunction of <i>MaH<\/i> with <i>BaN<\/i>.<\/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>\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df \u05e0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d2\u05dd \u05dc\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05d6\u05d4, \u05db\u05d9\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05db\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05df. \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e0\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05d9, \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d7\u05dc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd \u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05df \u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df, \u05d9\u05e2\u05df \u05d9\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d1&#8221;\u05df \u05dc\u05d1\u05d3\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05db\u05da \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd \u05de&#8221;\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05ea\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05df. \u05d5\u05dc\u05db\u05df \u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d3\u05d5&#8221;\u05df &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/10\/08\/petach-65\/\">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-1692","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\/1692","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=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}