Derech HaShem with Rabbi Aryeh Shulman
by Rabbi Aryeh Shulman
1 month ago

2.31: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 4 Part 3

This dvar Torah traces the Ramchal’s argument that a human being is immersed in physicality on three fronts: our bodies, our world, and our daily involvements. That physical immersion creates an “asymmetrical” struggle: the body is compulsory and immediate, while spirituality is not forced upon us. Yet the Ramchal’s key chiddush is that **from the depth of Hashem’s wisdom**, this very lowliness becomes the engine of human greatness—because transforming physical darkness into spiritual light is what generates the highest kavod Shamayim and the deepest dveikus.

Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/4-20260423-192629-outline-20260423-192707.pdf