R' Ashlag Ch. 47 (Part 1)

Chapter Forty-Seven:

Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"

-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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47.

1.

"As we’d already observed, the partzuf of Nefesh that we achieve by (merely) observing Torah and Mitzvot without (any specific, lofty) intentions already has a point of Ruach-Light engarbed in it."
-- See 44:1.

"Thus, when we struggle to observe Torah and Mitzvot *with* proper intentions we purify the vegetable aspect of the ratzon l’kabel there, and build up the point of Ruach into a (full) partzuf to the extent that we do that."
-- That is, when elevate our intentions and serve G-d in love and awe, we correspondingly elevate our beings, step by step and measure for measure, and also begin to purge our ratzon l’kabel. What follows are the inner esoteric details.

(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

(Feel free to contact me at feldman@torah.org )

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