{"id":1878,"date":"2014-07-07T13:43:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T17:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2014-07-07T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T17:43:51","slug":"attik-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2014\/07\/07\/attik-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Attik (6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petach\u00a0<\/em>75 relates that like the other Partzufim<\/em> beneath it, the Partzuf<\/em> of Attik<\/em> is <\/strong>likewise comprised of a MaH<\/em> and a BaN<\/em>, which are its \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d aspects. <\/strong>But\u00a0 unlike the lower instances of MaH<\/em> and BaN<\/em>, they<\/strong>, i.e., those of Attik<\/em>, literally function as a single entity and as one body, such that it is impossible to assign either<\/strong> a <\/strong>separate and independent place, and to call one \u201cright\u201d and the other \u201cleft\u201d. Rather, they\u2019re literally joined together as a single entity that\u2018s comprised of a single body<\/strong> [1].<\/strong><\/p>\n

What that means to say, in short, is that unlike the \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d of the lower Partzufim<\/em> (i.e., Erich<\/em> Anpin<\/em>, Abba<\/em> and Imma<\/em>, etc.), the \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d aspects of Attik<\/em> are of the order spoken of in the verse that reads, \u201cmale and female He created them\u201d (Genesis 1:27), which alludes to the fact that Adam\/Eve was originally a hermaphrodite (Breishit<\/em> Rabbah<\/em> 8:1) — male and female at one at the same time.<\/p>\n

The point here is that that state was the prototype and it remains the ideal, so the closer to the Source a Partzuf<\/em> is the more this holds true. As such, Attik<\/em> very closely embodies this while the other Partzufim<\/em> only do so to varying degrees, as we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also see Klallot HaIlan<\/em> 3:1, 3-4 and Klallei Chochmat HaEmes<\/em> 46.<\/p>\n

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Petach\u00a075 relates that like the other Partzufim beneath it, the Partzuf of Attik is likewise comprised of a MaH and a BaN, which are its \u201cmale\u201d and \u201cfemale\u201d aspects. But\u00a0 unlike the lower instances of MaH and BaN, they, i.e., … Continue reading →<\/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-1878","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\/1878","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=1878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}