{"id":1830,"date":"2014-03-26T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2014-03-26T10:58:04","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T14:58:04","slug":"partzufim-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2014\/03\/26\/partzufim-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Partzufim (4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next we\u2019re told that all of them are connected into a single order in order to be joined to one another and to be governed by one overarching <\/strong>form of governance, each <\/strong>part in accordance with its own function. <\/strong>This single order \u201cis the \u2018heart\u2019 (i.e. driving force, though it\u2019s presented otherwise there) that governs all the different limbs and organs \u2026 through the blood and spirit (i.e., life-force) within it\u201d, Ramchal adds in his own comments here.<\/p>\n

And finally, we learn that there are 613 parts <\/strong>to each Partzuf<\/em> all in all, each of which is then comprised of several smaller parts needed for its perfection. <\/strong>The 613 parts correspond to the \u201cLikeness of Man\u201d concept cited in Petach<\/em> 12 above, given that man is a composite of 613 body parts [1]. This last theme will be expanded on in the very next Petach<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Makkot<\/em> 23b and Zohar 1:170b where the 248 + 365 (= 613) elements are spoken of in connection with the 613 mitzvot.<\/p>\n

(c) 2014 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman
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