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Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

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You cannot separate the mystical from the practical. Each thing has both a body and a soul, and they act as one. Neither can contradict the other, and in each the other can be found.

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	From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2008

Yes this is my learning and understanding, however a few weeks ago there was a story about the human nature and animal nature upon which I commented that animal nature is much maligned and more accurately it is our own nature either acting in accordance with G-d or in discord with the potential G-d has given us. I received a most patronizing letter from a man saying animals do not contain the divine spark. G-d is the source of all life, the divine spark is within all it is only the failure of humans to experience, know and acknowledge this and in the process humans do not guard, cherish as precious and care for that which is created by G-d.

Posted By Anonymous, Tualatin , Oregon

Posted: Nov 10, 2005

Mystical and Practical

I once debated a Christian via email. He spoke of morality and practicality as if they were two different things. I argued that this was actually an illusion; I argued that what is truly moral is practical, and that what was truly practical is moral. He gave the example of a chashier who accidentally miscalculates and gives back too much change at the end of a sales transaction. He argued that the practical thing for the customer to do would be to keep the extra change, but that the moral thing to do would be for the customer to rectify the situation by returning the excess change to the cashier. I then argued that it would be both moral & practical for the customer to do the honest thing because honesty and accuracy benefit the whole society. If the customer took advantage of the cashier's honest mistake, that would not be practical -- it would simply be greedy and therefore neither moral nor practical.

Posted By Rob Willis, Pittsburgh, PA

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	Multiple Reflections


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	More Than Stories


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