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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 All that thus answers the questions we asked, \u201cWhy would mankind need all the supernal worlds that the Creator forged for it? What use are they to him?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n See 3:4, 33:1, and 41:1.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 For now we see that it would have been impossible for us to achieve (the level of) bringing satisfaction to your Creator without those worlds. <\/strong><\/p>\n Indeed, we\u2019re charged with converting our ratzon l\u2019kabel <\/em>to a ratzon l\u2019hashpia<\/em> and to grant satisfaction to our Maker rather than to ourselves (see 14:1, 32:1, 40:2).<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 So (we see also that), the more you purify your ratzon l\u2019kabel<\/em>, the more lights and degrees N. R. N. C. Y. you achieve. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>See 32:1.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, each light you achieve helps you to purify it. And you\u2019ll thus ascend to the point where you attain the bliss of (having fulfilled) the intention behind creation…<\/strong><\/p>\n … which was that we enjoy all sorts of spiritual \u201cgoodness, delight, and tranquility\u201d (see 13:2 as well as Ch. 12 and 14:3).<\/p>\n 2.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Now, we\u2019re taught that “whoever comes to purify (himself) is helped” (Yoma<\/em> 38b). The Zohar asks, though, what exactly he\u2019s helped with, and it offers that he\u2019s helped with \u201ca sacred soul\u201d (Zohar 1, p. 62A). (What that means to say is that) it\u2019s impossible to purify yourself to the degree (required) for the intention of creation (to be fulfilled) without the help of all the N.R.N.C.Y. levels of the soul…<\/strong><\/p>\n … that is, without the \u201csacred soul\u201d that the Zohar refers to. For, while all souls are in fact sacred and derived from God\u2019s very being, they\u2019re only fully<\/em> sacred and thus really souls when they\u2019re in full-flourish, and all five of their elements are manifest.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n (c) 2012 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman<\/p>\n Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org<\/a><\/p>\n AT LONG LAST! Rabbi Feldman’s translation of Maimonides’ “Eight Chapters” is available here<\/a> at a discount.<\/p>\n You can still purchase a copy of Rabbi Feldman’s translation of “The Gates of Repentance” here<\/a> at a discount as well.<\/p>\n 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":" 1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 All that thus answers the questions we asked, \u201cWhy would mankind need all the supernal worlds that the Creator forged for it? What use are they to him?\u201d See 3:4, 33:1, and 41:1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 For now … Continue reading