A Matter of Choice

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.

Yet when G-d chose the Jewish people at Mount Sinai and gave them the Torah, he specifically chose their body – an indication of the value of a relationship built on choice.,/p>