by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Feb 19, 2020 | Intermediate
1. We’d do well to take something into consideration, Ramchal adds here. It’s that just because something or someone is imperfect doesn’t mean that it’s utterly wrongful or bad; for “something could be lacking (in one positive factor or another) and thus be imperfect...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jul 22, 2019 | Intermediate
Chapter 5 (¶s 116 [end] – 117) 1. Ramchal says that he’s going to expand upon things he’d said above 1 and reveal things that are “deep” about “the very makeup of the universe” which will prove to be true “throughout its various time-frames” 2. The overarching...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | May 14, 2019 | Intermediate
Da’at Tevunot 3:4 (¶’s 116 [beg.]) 1. Ramchal is about to offer something that will serve as a prelude to what’s to follow 1. It’s that even though G-d certainly had the ability from the first to create a universe before He actually created it, He still and all can’t...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 9, 2019 | Intermediate
Paragraphs 103-115 1. It seems logical, doesn’t it, that goodness would be a product of something that emanates goodness while wrongfulness would be a product of some other thing that emanates wrongfulness 1? But it’s not that simple, since it’s G-d alone who’s the...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Oct 26, 2018 | Intermediate
Da’at Tevunot 3:2 (# 98 – 102) 1. Ramchal starts to explain the role of wrong and injustice in the world with a proposition derived from Rambam 1. It’s that when G-d creates or sustains something He does so with wafts of life-energy radiating toward it known as...