Soul, The

We all know that man has a soul which distinguishes him from all other animals and which marks him as the choice of the entire Creation. This soul, which is a part of G-d, descends to earth by the will of G-d to vitalize the human being, enabling him to f...

Responding to the timeless question, “Where is G‑d?”—the Kotzker Rebbe famously replied, “Wherever you let Him in.” Cited by R. Aryeh Kaplan, Innerspace: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy, p. 160; Pitgamei Chasidim, p. 41. Judaism teaches ...

In the previous chapter, we discussed the flow of Divine creative energy through the four worlds of Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, and Assiyah. We have also seen that Beriah is where souls and angels become manifest. The higher Garden of Eden is in Beriah and...

Thus the above-quoted phrase -- "G-d's infinite light extends ... downward without end" -- refers to its revelation and utterly boundless diffusion even as it is revealed at the lowest levels of creation. The infinite worlds that precede the tzimtzum, and...

This requires clarification, however. Have not our Sages asserted, [Beitzah 16a.] “A person’s sustenance is allotted on Rosh Hashanah”? For on Rosh Hashanah, as is known, all created beings are judged and their verdicts rendered. Accordingly, we recite in...

Yud-Alef Nissan is the Rebbe’s birthday. A birthday is more than a day for songs and celebrations. Instead, a birthday is a day when mazalo gover, the spiritual source of a person’s soul shines with power. When we say “the spiritual source of a person’s s...