{"id":414,"date":"2011-02-10T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T14:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2011-02-10T10:36:32","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T14:36:32","slug":"ascending-and-descending-through-malchut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/02\/10\/ascending-and-descending-through-malchut\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascending and Descending through Malchut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s how Ramchal explains the unique role that Malchut<\/em> plays in the prophetic visions themselves [1]. As the last Sephira<\/em> of the lot above and the first of the lot below, and the aforementioned entranceway to both, \u201cMalchut<\/em> \u2026 stands in the middle between the emanation and reception\u201d processes. The difference between the two is as follows, though: \u201cThe powers of emanation up above are pure\u201d i.e., utterly undifferentiated and formless, while everything down below is differentiated and formed where they\u2019re received.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the Shechina<\/em> must forge a bond between them (i.e., between the powers of emanation and of reception) when they (i.e., the emanations) descend below\u201d.\u00a0 They thus must pass through Malchut<\/em>, the gateway, which enables them to \u201creach their places in the lower worlds\u201d and to be received appropriately.<\/p>\n

So much for the mechanics; but what is it about the nature of Malchut<\/em> itself that allows for the various phenomena to be seen? Ramchal offers that Malchut<\/em> acts as a sort of “lens” through which the images appear.<\/p>\n

So while this is all conjecture on our part, we\u2019d suggest that the prophet would somehow or another have to \u201center\u201d Malchut<\/em> and, drawing upon its lens and gateway properties, he\u2019d have to ascend to somehow get a sense of what was found above, then descend and \u201ctranslate\u201d what he\u2019d seen into worldly terms.<\/p>\n

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Notes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The quotes are from his own comments to Petach<\/em> 11.<\/p>\n

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

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