by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Feb 1, 2013 | Beginner
“Precious reader,” Ramchal says at the end of this work, “you know as well as I that I haven’t exhausted all the requirements for piety in my book, and that I haven’t said all that can be said about the subject. But that’s because...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 18, 2013 | Beginner
The way you become holy, Ramchal offers very near the end of this chapter and of the entire work, “is with a lot of abstention, with serious reflection upon the mysteries of G-d’s great involvement in the world and upon the secrets of creation, and with...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 4, 2013 | Beginner
At bottom, holiness is the exalted state in which one “remains so attached to G-d” both emotionally, viscerally, and on all levels, “that he never separates nor even moves from His presence no matter what he’s doing”, Ramchal offers. Live...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Dec 21, 2012 | Beginner
There’s something ironic about the actions of the holy, Ramchal points out: “even their mundane acts … are transformed into actual holiness”. (That’s obviously not to say that any inadvertent sins on their part would become holy; it means...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Dec 6, 2012 | Beginner
Here’s why holiness would have to be a gift to you, rather than something you work towards and can be expected to achieve: simply because “it’s impossible for a human being to place himself in this state which — because he’s in truth...