{"id":753,"date":"2011-07-11T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2011-07-11T11:55:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T15:55:59","slug":"ramchal-on-the-role-of-torah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/07\/11\/ramchal-on-the-role-of-torah-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramchal on the role of Torah (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

His\u00a0Derech<\/em> HaChochma<\/em> is dedicated to explaining the advantages to studying the various corners of Torah over other scholarly concerns, and it lays out a Torah curriculum of sorts. And another hardly-known book, Derech<\/em> Tevunot<\/em>, explicates many of the complications of Talmudic language and logic.<\/p>\n

But Ramchal then gets rather rhapsodic about the Torah at a number of points elsewhere. He characterizes it, for example, as \u201ctruly one single light that was granted to Israel to bask in\u201d, as \u201ca holy thing that exists in the very highest heights\u201d; as such \u201cwhen someone engages in it below its light beams upon his soul so as to have it reach the most hidden-away heights, God\u2019s own hidden realm\u201d\u00a0 (Derech<\/em> Eitz<\/em> Chaim<\/em>). He offers that the mystical implications of the Torah is encapsulated by the notion of \u201cthe roots (i.e., the higher realms) providing the needs of the branches (i.e., the lower realms)\u201d, given that \u201ceverything is in it\u201d. He contends that it enables us to \u201ceradicate the filth of the snake\u201d given that it has the \u201cpower to purify\u201d (Kinat<\/em> Hashem<\/em> Tz\u2019vaot<\/em>). He terms Torah \u201ceternal life\u201d and assures us that it embodies the \u201cmystery of Tikkun<\/em> (personal and universal rectification and perfection) and the soul\u2019s (ultimate) reward\u201d (Adir<\/em> Bamarom<\/em> pp. 109, 111-112), and reveals that it\u2019s \u201crooted in the very roots of the Sephirot<\/em>\u201d (Ibid. p. 333) and it\u2019s infinite (Ibid. p. 279).<\/p>\n

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

Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon “The Path of the Just” and “The Duties of the Heart” (Jason Aronson Publishers).<\/p>\n

Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled “Spiritual Excellence<\/a>\u201d and \u201cRamchal<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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