We are learning the first two introductions to the Maharal’s Gevuros Hashem, as a foil to help us understand some of the positions we saw in Derashos haRan, derashos 1-3. The text can be found at https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/506197?lang=he

We saw this week the Maharal’s discussion of the three fields of esoterica listed in the Mishnah in Chagiga: Maaseh haMerkavah (knowing what is going on beyond this world,) Maaseh Berehis (bringing that into existence as this world), and Sod Arayos — which to the Maharal means the roles of things, how they should combine, and how they shouldn’t combine.