{"id":361,"date":"2011-01-25T12:29:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2011-01-25T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:29:29","slug":"all-the-phenomena-that-god-brings-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/01\/25\/all-the-phenomena-that-god-brings-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Every action that God brings about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Petach<\/em><\/strong><strong> 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d0\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc \u05d9\u05ea&#8221;\u05e9, \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d7\u05e7 \u05e9\u05e8\u05e6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd, \u05d4\u05dd \u05e0\u05ea\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d9\u05d5\u05e6\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05de\u05ea\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05db\u05d7 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05dd, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d2\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05d0\u05de\u05ea \u05e8\u05e7 \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7 \u05d4\u05e0\u05e2\u05dc\u05dd \u05d1\u05d5. \u05d5\u05dc\u05db\u05df \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5 \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d3\u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05ea\u05dc\u05d1\u05e9\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d0\u05d5 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e6\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea. \u05d5\u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05d1\u05e1\u05d3\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05d4, \u05e9\u05de\u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d4\u05dd \u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea, \u05db\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea \u05d4\u05e2\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d5\u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every action that God brings about occurs through the <em>Sephirot<\/em>. They<\/strong> (i.e., both the actions and the <em>Sephirot<\/em> themselves) <strong>follow certain rules He wants them to follow, they\u2019re interdependent, they\u2019re sequential, and they\u2019re sequestered within each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> As such, one particular capacity may function clandestinely while another one appears to be functioning openly, when the latter in fact only functions thanks to the clandestine one. That\u2019s why the <em>Sephirot<\/em> assume specific images, as when <\/strong>(some)<strong> lights are <\/strong>(seemingly)<strong> enclosed in <\/strong>(other)<strong> lights, or when <\/strong>(certain)<strong> lights <\/strong>(seem to)<strong> emerge from others. <\/strong>(In point of fact,)<strong> all of these forms and figures are <\/strong>(merely)<strong> what the soul envisions <\/strong>(when looking at the <em>Sephirot<\/em>)<strong> which it then understands on a spiritual level the way the eye sees <\/strong>(i.e., understands)<strong> things in <em>its<\/em> purview.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(c) 2011 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to contact me at <a href=\"mailto:feldman@torah.org\">feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman&#8217;s translation of Maimonides&#8217; &#8220;Eight Chapters&#8221; is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.targum.com\/product.php\/378\/the-8-chapters-of-the-rambam--shemonah-perakim\">here<\/a> at a discount.<\/p>\n<p>You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman&#8217;s translation of &#8220;The Gates of Repentance&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/49s8t\">here<\/a> at a discount as well.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon &#8220;The Path of the Just&#8221; and &#8220;The Duties of the Heart&#8221; (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/torah.org\/learning\/spiritual-excellence\/archives.html\">Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/torah.org\/learning\/ramchal\/archives.html\">Ramchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petach 10 \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d0\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc \u05d9\u05ea&#8221;\u05e9, \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d7\u05e7 \u05e9\u05e8\u05e6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d4\u05dd, \u05d4\u05dd \u05e0\u05ea\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d9\u05d5\u05e6\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4, \u05d5\u05de\u05ea\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4. \u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05db\u05d7 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05dd, \u05d5\u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d2\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc, \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/01\/25\/all-the-phenomena-that-god-brings-about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","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\/361","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=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}