{"id":728,"date":"2011-06-28T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2011-06-28T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T14:05:11","slug":"a-word-from-ramak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/06\/28\/a-word-from-ramak\/","title":{"rendered":"A word from Ramak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a statement by Ramak, by the way, that ties the <em>Sephirot<\/em> in with the Divine names, most especially to the Tetragrammaton. He remarks that \u201cthe <em>Sephirot <\/em>are (embodied in) the ten (Divine) names that (are actual names rather than depictions, and as such deserve special treatment, so they) may not be erased. (In fact,)t he names and the <em>Sephirot<\/em> are one and the same, as the spirituality (i.e., the spiritual content) of the names are literally the <em>Sephirot<\/em> \u2026 The aforementioned names are Courtyards (i.e., entranceways) to the spirituality of the <em>Sephirot<\/em>, and that spirituality is a garment (i.e., a container for) the inner spirituality alluded to by the Tetragrammaton that\u2019s found in each and every <em>Sephira<\/em>\u201d (<em>Pardes<\/em> 1:10).<\/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! 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