{"id":973,"date":"2011-12-12T10:51:50","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramchal.wordpress.com\/?p=973"},"modified":"2011-12-12T10:51:50","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T15:51:50","slug":"like-the-skins-of-an-onion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbiyaakovfeldman.aishdas.org\/ramchal\/2011\/12\/12\/like-the-skins-of-an-onion\/","title":{"rendered":"Like the skins of an onion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ten Sephirot<\/em> that comprise Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em> assumed two formations upon inhabiting the trace environment: one that resembled a series of onion-skins (known as iggulim<\/em> or \u201ccircles\u201d in Hebrew), and another which was the better-known straight-line configuration (known as yosher<\/em> or \u201cstraight [line]\u201d).<\/p>\n

As Ari puts it,<\/p>\n

\u201dThis is the (first) way the light descends and extends from the Ein<\/em> Sof<\/em> and flows into the circle (i.e., the trace environment). Ein Sof <\/em>surrounds and encircles the circle on all sides because it, too, has a circular aspect\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first circle, which is closest to Ein Sof<\/em>, is called the Keter<\/em> (i.e., the outer- and top-most layer) of Adam<\/em> Kadmon<\/em>. After this, the line continued to descend some more, then spread out and around and became a second circle inside the first one. This one is called the circle of Chochma<\/em> of Adam Kadmon<\/em>. Then the line continued downward some more \u2026 until it became a third circle inside the second circle \u2026 which is called the circle of Binah <\/em>of Adam Kadmon<\/em>. It kept going down and creating circles in this way until it made the tenth circle, which is called the circle of Malchut <\/em>of Adam Kadmon<\/em>.\u201d [1]<\/p>\n

Notes:<\/p>\n

[1]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Tree of Life<\/em> pp. 16-17 (with slight changes). See Ramchal\u2019s Klallot HaIlan <\/em>1:1 and \u00a0Pitchei Chochma v\u2019Da\u2019at <\/em>28.<\/p>\n

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

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