{"id":2252,"date":"2017-02-09T19:05:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2017-02-09T19:05:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T19:05:33","slug":"a-partzufs-head-is-always-the-beginning-of-its-governance-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2017\/02\/09\/a-partzufs-head-is-always-the-beginning-of-its-governance-system\/","title":{"rendered":"A Partzuf’s “head” is always the beginning of its governance system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Section 18, entitled “The Tikkunim<\/em> of Erich<\/em> Anpin<\/em>“, encompasses Petachim<\/em> 101-109.<\/p>\n

Now that we\u2019re moving down the order of Partzufim<\/em> to Erich<\/em> Anpin<\/em> itself he\u2019ll be offering \u201ca detailed explanation of the form of the Partzufim<\/em>\u201d overall, \u201cstarting with a general rule\u201d as Ramchal offers in his comments here. This Petach<\/em> also begins a description of the structure of the Partzufim<\/em>, and of how they function, beginning with their \u201cheads\u201d.<\/p>\n

Petach<\/em> 101 thus begins with the statement that a Partzuf<\/em>‘s<\/strong> “head” is always the beginning of its governance system. <\/strong>In fact, Ramchal remarks in his own comments here, that \u201cthe \u2018head\u2019 itself includes everything in the entire Partzuf<\/em> – albeit in the form of a beginning\u201d — a source or embryo of everything below it. Still-and-all, \u201cthe head\u2019s function is (only actually) completed by the rest of the Partzuf<\/em>\u201d\u00a0[1]. That\u2019s analogous to the way our actions always begin in our thoughts, but they only come to fruition through those actions.<\/p>\n

The \u201chead\u201d is only complete when it contains a “crown” <\/strong>(Keter<\/em>) and “brains” <\/strong>(Chochma<\/em> and Binah<\/em>). Ramchal makes the point that there have to be those two aspects in order for a Partzuf<\/em> to govern: an overarching Keter<\/em> as well as and distinct from the rest of the \u201chead\u201d.<\/p>\n

And that only comes about by means of the mystical notion of the entity above dwelling upon the other <\/strong>one below it [2]. <\/strong>Thus, the superior power Keter<\/em> governs the lower ones.<\/p>\n

The Partzuf<\/em>‘s three “brains” <\/strong>i.e., Keter<\/em>, Chochma<\/em> and Binah<\/em> are <\/strong>all included in its “head”. And it\u2019s there<\/strong> i.e., in the \u201chead\u201d, where the gist of the birth <\/strong>i.e., the beginning of the Partzuf<\/em>‘s governance system<\/strong> takes place. <\/strong>And that governance extends through the Partzuf<\/em>\u2019s Chessed<\/em>, Gevurah<\/em>, Tipheret<\/em>, Netzach<\/em>, Hod<\/em>, Yesod<\/em> and Malchut<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Footnotes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Petach<\/em> 90.<\/p>\n

[2]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See Da\u2019at<\/em> Tevunot<\/em> 2 (in Ginzei<\/em> Ramchal<\/em> p. 38), Kinat<\/em> Hashem<\/em> Tzivaot<\/em> (Ibid. p. 116) and Ma\u2019amar<\/em> Harautin<\/em> (Ibid. p. 248).<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>(c) 2017 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

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

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Rabbi Feldman’s new annotated translation of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag\u2019s \u201cIntroduction to the Zohar\u201d is available as \u201cThe Kabbalah of Self\u201d on Kindle here<\/a>. His annotated translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here<\/a> and his annotated translation of Rabbeinu Yonah\u2019s “The Gates of Repentance” is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He 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 torah.org entitled \u201cSpiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d that can be subscribed to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Section 18, entitled “The Tikkunim of Erich Anpin“, encompasses Petachim 101-109. Now that we\u2019re moving down the order of Partzufim to Erich Anpin itself he\u2019ll be offering \u201ca detailed explanation of the form of the Partzufim\u201d overall, \u201cstarting with a … 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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabbalah-jewish-thought-ramchal-torah-hashkafa","category-uncategorized"],"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\/2252","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=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2254,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/2254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}