Chapter Fifty-Three:

Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"

-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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53.

"Then after you purify the animal part of your ratzon l’kabel and transform it into a will to bestow 'until He who knows all secrets would testify that (you) won’t ever lapse' (again on that level), you will enjoy an affinity of form with the world of Briah, and you will then ascend upward and receive Neshama-Light on a permanent level."

"And once you purify the verbal part of your body, you can then ascend upward to the sephira of Chochma and receive the Chaya-Light there, even though you will not have yet permanently purified it, except the light will not shine (upon you) permanently (yet)."

(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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

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Chapter Fifty-Two:

Rabbi Yehudah Ashlag's "Introduction to the Zohar"

-- as translated and commented on by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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52.

"After you *permanently* purify the vegetative part of your ratzon l’kabel you’ll ascend to the world of Yetzira on a permanent basis ... "
-- For you will have transcended the world of Asiyah altogether.

" ... where you’ll attain a permanent degree of Ruach."
-- Since you will have transcended the Nephesh realm altogether.

"And from there you can also attain Neshama-light and Chaya-light from the sephirot of Binah and Chochma there, which are regarded as the Neshama (level) of Ruach and the Chaya (level) of Ruach, even before you will have merited permanently purifying your animalness and verbalness -- but (you will) not (have attained it) permanently."
-- That is, you’ll be able to attain *some* degree of Neshama- and Chaya-light before permanently purifying your animalness and verbalness, but only for a while. And you merit that because of the following.

"For by virtue of the fact that you’d purified the vegetative aspect of your ratzon l’kabel on a permanent level you’d thus already share an affinity of form with the entire world of Yetzirah to the highest degree."

(c) 2006 Rabbi Yaakov Feldman

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

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You can order it right now from here
Rabbi Yaakov Feldman has also translated and commented upon "The Path of the Just", and "The Duties of the Heart" (Jason Aronson Publishers). His new work on Maimonides' "The Eight Chapters" will soon be available.
Rabbi Feldman also offers two free e-mail classes on www.torah.org entitled
"Spiritual Excellence" and "Ramchal"