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Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 2. The Divine Soul The second soul in a Jew is “a part of G‑d from beyond” Job 31:2. in actual fact. “Part” here means not a particular part of G‑d, which is absurd, but a particular iteration of a sample of Him. ...
The second soul of a Jew is truly a part of G-d above, as it is written, "And He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life," and "Thou didst breathe it [the soul] into me." And it is written in the Zohar, "He who exhales, exhales from within him," tha...
Chapter 2 The second, uniquely Jewish, soul is truly “a part of G-d above,” “A part of G-d above” is a quotation from Scripture (Job 31:2). The Alter Rebbe adds the word “truly” to stress the literal meaning of these words, for, as is known,See Tamid 29a....
Do parents get to choose their child's soul?
Now we comprehend how cleaving to Torah scholars is akin to attaching to the Shechina. By connecting with holy people who represent the level of the “brain,” we can experience and manifest G-dliness. But what about those who rebel against Torah scholars? ...
So many varying levels of souls, all from one Source. Why the differences?
All Jewish souls originate in the wisdom of Hashem, yet we observe a multitude of differences among them. We revisit the analogy of the seminal drop originating in the father's mind. Similarly, Jewish souls, having traversed the downward gradation of worl...
When it comes to the Divine Essence, there's absolutely nothing we can say to describe it.
Now let’s look at the Kabbalistic teachings of the Arizal, who exposed supremely high levels of the Divine reality. How does Maimonides’ statement apply in this context? Only once the Infinite Light clothes itself in the highest sefirot of the world of At...
There's something actually G-dly within you. Will you ever be the same?
Now, we encounter our second soul, which is described as "truly a part of G-d above." This soul is "blown" into us from the very innerness of G-d Himself. The Jew originates within the Divine thought, essentially a sample of the Divine "inner experience,"...
Likutei Amarim: Chapter 2
Second Identity: Elevating the bar of our internal struggle
The Father and the son
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