{"id":490,"date":"2011-03-08T06:25:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T10:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2011-03-08T06:25:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T10:25:52","slug":"petach-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/03\/08\/petach-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:right\">\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05de\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05df, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d7 \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d8\u05e2\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05df. \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 &#8211; \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d5\u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05df, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 &#8211; \u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dd \u05d1\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>We\u2019re to not the question anything about the reasons for the makeup of the<\/strong> <strong>first principal, which is the <em>Sephirot<\/em>, as they\u2019re rooted in the Divine Will<\/strong> (alone)<strong>. But we <em>are<\/em> to ask about and<\/strong> (try to) <strong>understand<\/strong> (the makeup of) <strong>whatever come after that, which is to say, about the actions of the gradations and about how they function in the governance of the universe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">And here are the ancillary themes listed in Ramchal\u2019s comments:<\/p>\n<p>What exactly we can and must inquire about and what we may not; and the relationship between <em>Keter<\/em>, <em>Chochma<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>Binah<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>Zeir Anpin <\/em>and<em> Nukveh.<\/em><\/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>\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05de\u05e6\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05df, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d7 \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea, \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d8\u05e2\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05ea\u05dc\u05d5\u05d9 \u05d1\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05df. \u05d5\u05db\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d7 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 &#8211; \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d5\u05dc\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05df, \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05dc\u05d4 &#8211; \u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u05dd \u05d1\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4\u05d2\u05d4: We\u2019re to not the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/03\/08\/petach-15\/\">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-490","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\/490","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=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}