{"id":968,"date":"2011-12-11T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=968"},"modified":"2011-12-11T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:54:33","slug":"the-missing-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/12\/11\/the-missing-links\/","title":{"rendered":"The Missing Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we get into the details of Adam<\/em> Kadmon, <\/em>though,<\/em> we need to point out a missing step here. Ramchal first mentioned Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> in Petach<\/em> 12, as we\u2019d mentioned. In short he said there that: The whole on-going process of governance<\/strong> \u2026 and the whole of creation <\/strong>(itself) encompass one single phenomenon \u2026 <\/strong>which is the mystic figure of a<\/strong> single \u201cperson” with all his body-parts \u2026 which is <\/strong>known as Adam Kadmon<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And none of that contradicted what’s said in our section.<\/p>\n

He then followed that with Petach<\/em> 13 which, curiously enough, doesn\u2019t seem to refer to Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> itself (though it really does), but addresses the <\/strong>fact that the images that the prophets and high souls envisioned — including but not limited to Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> — assumed various this-worldly shapes, including circles and straight lines, which actually refer to different modes of Divine governance.<\/p>\n

We already offered some of the various details involved in this (in 3:4) where we pointed out how this refers to Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> indeed, but it\u2019s important for us now to fill in the gaps, so we can follow the flow of Ari\u2019s depiction of creation downward from Ein<\/em> Sof<\/em> unto itself, to the Tzimtzum<\/em>, trace, and line, and to the formulation of Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> proper and onward.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s simply quote Ari, mention where Ramchal offers the same in his own words, and then move on to Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> itself.<\/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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