2.39: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 5 Part 2

Rabbi Shulman explains the Ramchal’s distinction between human beings and animals: although both possess a physical life-force, only man is a true composite of two utterly different creations—body and a supernal soul. He develops how this makes man the “ladder” connecting spiritual and physical realms, paralleling the role of the Beit HaMikdash as a “neck” between head and body. Rabbi Shulman then begins Ot 2, emphasizing the limits of human imagination regarding spiritual realities and introducing the core principle of spiritual “roots” (כחות נבדלים) that cascade down through a chain-like סדר השתלשלות, enabling both human relatability and genuine free will.

Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/dh-biyun-1-5-2-20260616-030435-outline-20260616-030513.pdf