by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 17, 2008 | Intermediate
It’s only right that both body and soul should flourish in the supernatural World to Come, after the Messianic Era, rather than the soul alone. After all, “body and soul accomplish everything together in this world, both right and wrong” Ramchal...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 9, 2008 | Intermediate
“But you need to know,” Ramchal makes clear, that while indeed “the main reward is the true good that the righteous will enjoy in The World to Come” as we indicated, that’s nevertheless not the only venue in which the righteous are...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Dec 27, 2007 | Intermediate
We’re taught that reality will be thoroughly altered at a certain point in time. Things will shift, and both we and the universe as a whole will enter an utterly other realm known as The World to Come. This will not be the Messianic Era, which will actually...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Dec 13, 2007 | Intermediate
What sets us humans apart from all other species, Ramchal offers — be they animal, vegetable, mineral, or angel — is the fact that we alone were granted free will and the ability to affect the heavens by our deeds in ways we spoke of. That means to say...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Nov 29, 2007 | Intermediate
The idea of “mitzvot” often tickles people the wrong way, though. Some take offense at their suggestion of definitiveness, while others accept them unconditionally without ever considering their implications. And though obviously at odds with each other,...
