{"id":599,"date":"2011-05-02T05:13:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T09:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2011-05-02T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T09:13:11","slug":"ari-on-all-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/05\/02\/ari-on-all-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Ari on all this"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aside from quoting from Ramak\u2019s remarks, Ari offers a more detailed picture of the interrelationship between the Sephirot<\/em> as a result of their \u201cto and fro\u201d movements in his remarks in Eitz Chaim<\/em> 6:15. To simplify matters we\u2019ll use numerical values for the Sephirot<\/em> to illustrate his point, where Keter<\/em> is represented by 1, Chochma<\/em> by 2, etc., and Malchut<\/em> is represented by 10.<\/p>\n

He makes the point that in the process Sephira<\/em> 1 first descends to 2 which then returns to 1; 1 then descends to 3 which then returns to 1; 2 then descends to 3 which then returns to 2; 2 descends to 4 which then ascends to 2, etc. And he makes the point that this process occurs \u201cwithin each and every Sephira<\/em> itself, given that each one is comprised of all ten, as is known\u201d. This obviously presents us with an interplay between the parts that encompasses a smaller, more subtle arc.<\/p>\n

And Ari explains the fact that while the Sephirot<\/em> could be assumed to descend rapidly, backward-turning light Sephirot<\/em> would naturally be assumed to move more slowly by likening \u201cforward\u201d (i.e., descending) light to sunlight and \u201cbackward\u201d (i.e., ascending) light to reflected-back light which by definition is weaker than the sunlight itself.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll next see what Ramchal saysabout all this.<\/p>\n

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

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