{"id":900,"date":"2011-10-27T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2011-10-27T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T15:03:12","slug":"the-solution-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/10\/27\/the-solution-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The solution (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s go in order here: First of all he depicts the \u201cspace\u201d left by the factoring in of the Tzimtzum<\/em> as an instance of God granting a place for existent beings to be and function — a specific environment<\/em>, as we\u2019d term it. That\u2019s what\u2019s so radically original about this outcome of the Tzimtzum<\/em>; existent beings simply couldn\u2019t exist without it. But now that this environment has indeed come about there \u201cneeds to be existent beings, so the matter can be completed, otherwise the space would be empty\u201d, and there needs to be a connection between them and their Source (Klallim<\/em> Rishonim<\/em> 4). That\u2019s to say that God does nothing by mistake or unintentionally, and He never separates Himself from anything He does.<\/p>\n

Ramchal then depicts the next factor, the trace, as \u201ca small remnant of what had been removed\u201d with the onset of the Tzimtzum<\/em> process which nonetheless serves as the \u201croot of the universe\u2019s various phenomena and of its governance\u201d. As he goes on to say, the trace-environment \u201cis the source of the imperfect<\/em> nature of existence\u201d and of the system of \u201c(relative) good and evil\u201d as opposed to the fully good that would be manifest in a perfect world (Klallim<\/em> Rishonim <\/em>5). In other words, the environment in which we now exist is the basis of all the good and bad, justice and injustice, fairness and unfairness, light and darkness, and the like that comprises the human experience. It\u2019s imperfect to be sure, but purposelessly so.<\/p>\n

But the line is a whole other thing, as we\u2019ll see.<\/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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