{"id":376,"date":"2011-01-30T18:57:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T22:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2011-01-30T18:57:20","modified_gmt":"2011-01-30T22:57:20","slug":"the-mystical-significance-of-the-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/01\/30\/the-mystical-significance-of-the-images\/","title":{"rendered":"The mystical significance of the images"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petach<\/em><\/strong> 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea – \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05e9. \u05d5\u05d4\u05e2\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05e1\u05d5\u05d1\u05d1\u05ea, \u05d1\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05ea \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05de\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d2\u05d7\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05de\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0, \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e9\u05ea\u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea. \u05d0\u05da \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05e9\u05e8 \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05de\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d8\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d3”\u05e8 – \u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05e9\u05de\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05e2. \u05d5\u05db\u05df \u05db\u05dc \u05e9\u05d0\u05e8 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4:<\/p>\n

The<\/strong> mystical significance of the images<\/strong> (envisioned) is that they assume the shape of things<\/strong> as they\u2019re actually depicted below. Thus the<\/strong> (vision of a) \u201ccircle\u201d refers to a circular <\/strong>(i.e., non-linear) mode of governance without differentiation as to Chessed<\/em> <\/strong>(Kindness), Din<\/em> <\/strong>(Judgment) or Rachamim<\/em> <\/strong>(Mercy), but rather as <\/strong>(i.e., it\u2019s an expression of) overall providence that depends on the makeup of that Sephira<\/em>. And it is <\/strong>(a depiction of) the mystical notion of <\/strong>(linear) causality. The<\/strong> (vision of a) \u201cstraight line\u201d on the other hand indicates a detailed mode of governance that is<\/em> based on<\/strong> Chessed<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>(Kindness), Din<\/em> <\/strong>(Judgment) and Rachamim<\/em> <\/strong>(Mercy, which are themselves laid out as) right, left or center<\/strong> (poles). And the same applies to all the other images <\/strong>(envisioned).<\/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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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman 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 on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Petach 13 \u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5\u05ea – \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05e9. \u05d5\u05d4\u05e2\u05d9\u05d2\u05d5\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05e1\u05d5\u05d1\u05d1\u05ea, \u05d1\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d7\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e7 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05ea \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 \u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05e8\u05d7\u05de\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05de\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d2\u05d7\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 \u05de\u05d4\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d9\u05d0, \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e9\u05ea\u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea. \u05d0\u05da \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05e9\u05e8 \u05de\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4 \u05de\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8\u05d8\u05ea \u05dc\u05e4\u05d9 … 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-376","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\/376","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=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}