{"id":722,"date":"2011-06-26T17:08:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2011-06-26T17:08:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:08:31","slug":"the-lot-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/06\/26\/the-lot-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The lot of them"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the assertion that the letters themselves are of utmost importance, the other elements certainly play a role in governance as well, as we\u2019ll see when Ramchal touches on the combination of trope, vowels, crowns, and letters (known by the acronym TaNTA<\/em> or \u05d8\u05e0\u05ea”\u05d0) later on in Klach<\/em> in a more esoteric way.<\/p>\n

As he puts it in his own comments to Petach<\/em> 31, \u201cThe letters themselves are the Lights of (i.e., are responsible for) the governance of ZuN (i.e., Zachar v\u2019Nekevah<\/em>, the Male and Female principles) that emanate from Imma<\/em> (i.e., the Partzuf<\/em> that corresponds to the Sephira<\/em> of Binah<\/em> which is right above ZuN)\u201d. That is, the letters play a direct, hands-on role in the governance of our world, which is defined as the world of ZuN (as we\u2019ll see later on), and they draw upon higher realms.<\/p>\n

The crowns \u201care hovered over by Imma<\/em> \u2026 so as not to be separated from it even when going away from it\u201d. That says nothing about governance per<\/em> se<\/em> but rather about the \u201caloof\u201d nature of the crowns, if you will.<\/p>\n

The vowels \u201care governed by Imma<\/em>\u201d and they in turn \u201cgovern the letters\u201d. That speaks to the subordinate role that the letters play to the vowels, which \u201cdrive\u201d them.<\/p>\n

And the trope are connected to \u201cgovernance by means of Abba<\/em> (i.e., the Partzuf<\/em> that corresponds to the Sephira<\/em> of Chochma<\/em> which is above Imma<\/em>, depicted above). That means that the trope draw upon even higher realms than the letters.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll explore the significance of all this when we get to Petach 31, as well as elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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

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