{"id":358,"date":"2011-01-24T07:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2011-01-24T07:10:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T11:10:17","slug":"even-though-the-sephirot-appear-as-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/01\/24\/even-though-the-sephirot-appear-as-images\/","title":{"rendered":"Even though the Sephirot appear as images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petach<\/em><\/strong> 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Even though the Sephirot<\/em> appear as images, still and all they never assume an actual physical form, Heaven forefend<\/strong>! <\/strong>(Instead,) what\u2019s envisioned is understood to represent something one might see <\/strong>(here) below,<\/strong> and it\u2019s termed a \u201csoul depiction\u201d rather than a physical one. <\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

As such, the subjects<\/strong> (of the vision) needn\u2019t correspond to how an object would appear physically<\/strong>. It\u2019s just that a glow of light is envisioned by means of which the concept of<\/strong> (concentric) \u201ccircles\u201d is understood <\/strong>(as being referred to) if the vision appears<\/strong> circular, or <\/strong>(the concept of the) \u201cstraight line\u201d is understood if<\/strong> it\u2019s straight and the like. No <\/strong>(actual) physical form is seen. In fact, even the spiritual form<\/strong> (envisioned) isn\u2019t intrinsic to the Sephirot<\/em> themselves whatsoever; it\u2019s<\/strong> (connected to) the<\/strong> mystical import <\/strong>(of the Sephira<\/em>) of Malchut<\/em>, which represents these phenomena this way.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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