{"id":1738,"date":"2013-11-14T10:11:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2013-11-14T10:11:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T15:11:51","slug":"clearing-up-petach-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2013\/11\/14\/clearing-up-petach-60\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing up Petach 60"},"content":{"rendered":"

The whole point of the next, rather esoteric Petach<\/i> — the 60th<\/sup> — is to clear up an apparent contradiction in R\u2019 Chaim Vitale\u2019s explanation of the role of the primordial kings (who experienced the Shevira<\/i> process) and their eventual Tikkun<\/i>. At one point he said that the kings derived from Adam<\/i> Kadmon<\/i>\u2019s \u201ceyes\u201d and that MaH<\/i> derived from its \u201cforehead\u201d (Eitz<\/i> Chaim,<\/i>\u00a0Sha\u2019ar Drushei Nekudot<\/i>\u00a0Ch.1), and elsewhere he said that the kings derived from Adam<\/i> Kadmon<\/i>\u2019s Malchut<\/i> and that MaH<\/i> was a product of the male emissions of Adam<\/i> Kadmon<\/i>\u2019s \u201cYesod<\/i>\u201d (Eitz Chaim,\u00a0Seder Atzilut\u00a0<\/i>Ch. 2; also see Petach<\/i> 96 below).<\/p>\n

(c) 2013 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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