{"id":327,"date":"2011-01-12T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2011-01-12T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T11:30:09","slug":"petachim-5-and-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/01\/12\/petachim-5-and-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Petachim 5 and 6 (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ramchal differentiates between the Sephirot<\/em> and Ein Sof<\/em> Himself by referring to the Sephirot<\/em> as \u201cEmanated Light\u201d as opposed to God\u2019s own light which is \u201cSimple\u201d or pure and unchanged. We\u2019ll explain that shortly, but first why use the term \u201clight\u201d when referring to such intangible entities? Wouldn\u2019t it be better to avoid using material terms altogether?<\/p>\n

For one thing, we refer to it by a term \u201conly to give it some<\/em> sort of name\u201d, as he puts it. That\u2019s to say, we simply can\u2019t study God\u2019s workings in this world as we\u2019re expected to without reference-points and names, so we use the term \u201clight\u201d. It\u2019s most appropriate because \u201clight is the finest and most subtle of all physical things\u201d as he points out.<\/p>\n

Again, the point is that in order to depict the Sephirot<\/em> and to contrast them with God\u2019s own being, which is indescribable (as we said in 1:2), we\u2019d need to contrast their light-nature with His. As such, the Sephirot<\/em> are termed \u201cEmanated Light\u201d, which means to say, light that had been extruded and derived from a light-source which is God\u2019s own, which is itself \u201cSimple\u201d, for lack of a better term [1].<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/p>\n

[1] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For more on \u201cEmanated Light\u201d see Petach<\/em> 25, Klallei Ma\u2019amar HaChochma<\/em> 4, Ginzei Ramchal<\/em> pp. 297, 307, and Eitz Chaim<\/em> 1:3. For more on \u201cSimple Light\u201d see Ginzei Ramchal<\/em> p. 297 and Sha\u2019arei Ramchal<\/em> p. 50.<\/p>\n

(c) 2011 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n

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