{"id":769,"date":"2011-07-20T11:31:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:31:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:31:44","slug":"petach-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/07\/20\/petach-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Petach 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\">\u05d4\u05e6\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d1&#8221;\u05d4 &#8211; \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d6\u05d9\u05d5. \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05dd \u05dc\u05db\u05df &#8211; \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d2\u05dd \u05e2\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05e6\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d5 &#8211; \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d2 \u05db\u05dc\u05dc. \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05e0\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d0\u05e6\u05dc, \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05e0\u05ea\u05d7\u05d3\u05e9. \u05d0\u05da \u05d1\u05d0\u05de\u05ea \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d9\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d7\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05de\u05df \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05d5\u05dd, \u05e9\u05e0\u05ea\u05de\u05e2\u05d8 \u05db\u05d7\u05d5 \u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05e6\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05dd:<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was the <em>Tzimtzum<\/em> that enabled God\u2019s light and radiance to be envisioned. For before it occurred &#8212; and even now in the case of those levels which the <em>Tzimtzum<\/em> doesn\u2019t affect &#8212; they couldn\u2019t be envisioned or grasped at all. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, while the light that can now be envisioned is termed \u201cemanated light\u201d since it presents as a newly created light, in fact it\u2019s only a specific aspect of the original light whose ability was diminished as a consequence of the mystical process of <em>Tzimtzum<\/em>.<\/strong><\/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<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u05d4\u05e6\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 \u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d1&#8221;\u05d4 &#8211; \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d6\u05d9\u05d5. \u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3\u05dd \u05dc\u05db\u05df &#8211; \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d2\u05dd \u05e2\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d4\u05e6\u05de\u05e6\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05d2\u05d9\u05e2 \u05dc\u05d5 &#8211; \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d5\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05d2 \u05db\u05dc\u05dc. \u05d5\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05e8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea, \u05e0\u05e7\u05e8\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d0\u05e6\u05dc, \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e0\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05d5 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e9\u05e0\u05ea\u05d7\u05d3\u05e9. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/07\/20\/petach-25\/\">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-769","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\/769","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=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}