Living Torah Archives

The Talmud relates that Torah scholars become weak from their rigorous study, but this is not inevitable; Maimonides rules that the body is the property of God, which one is required to take care of.

A Jew shares a relationship with G-d on two levels, that of the soul and that of the body. While the Tanya relates that the soul is “a veritable part of G-d above,” and its relationship to G-d is like that of a parent and child, the value of the body is often overlooked.