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Contents.Reluctance of the soul to be born In 4:22 it is stated:Do not let your reassure you that your grave will be a place of comfort for you. For against your will were you formed, against your will you were born, against your will you live, against your will you die, and against your will shall you give judgement and accounting before the King Who Reigns Over Kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.Regarding this, explains that the soul does not desire to leave the pure place where souls reside before coming down to earth. An angel forces it to leave its heavenly abode and enter the mother's womb, after which an angel again forces it to come out and be born.On the same passage, Rabbi, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, notes that 'against your will you live' seems to conflict with 'against your will you die.'
'Against your will you live' makes sense according to Bartenura, because the soul was on a much higher level before it came to this world; at that time it was blissfully cleaving to Godliness. How, then, can it be said that 'against your will you die,' when the soul returns to God? He resolves it by explaining that the soul was convinced to descend when it was informed of the Divine Intention to 'make a dwelling for God in the lower realms.' This can only be accomplished by studying and performing on earth. Despite being reluctant to leave the Heavens, its most powerful, core and essential desire is actually to cleave to God; and because of that, it also yearns to cleave to and be in accord with the Divine Will. The soul therefore descends, in order to create the 'dwelling place in the nether realms' and fulfill the Divine Will.
Likewise, it is reluctant to die and leave the world, because the can only be fulfilled while enclothed in a physical body. Battle with the animal soul. Main article: In the Tanya In the, Rabbi stated that the nefesh ha'elokit is 'literally a part of God above.'
This is supported by quoting the morning prayer 'Elokai neshamah', which says 'the soul You gave me is pure.You blew it into me,' then quoting a phrase of the that 'one who blows, blows from within him.' This is taken to mean, 'from His innermost.'
Unique to Jews The Tanya also notes that this soul is unique to Jews alone. He cites various verses (Exodus 4:22: 'My firstborn son, Israel', Deuteronomy 14:1: 'You are children to the L ORD your God') showing that Jews are considered God's children, and then links it to a mystical statement that 'a child is derived from the brain of his father.'
It then cites (Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 2:10) who says, 'He is the Knowledge, and He is the Knower,' thus proving that the Jewish Divine soul is derived from the, which is the same as God Himself. Relation to human anatomy The Tanya states that the nefesh ha'elokit resides primarily in the brain, from which it spreads throughout the body. It is also manifest, albeit to a lesser extent, in the right ventricle of the heart, from which it may take control of the left ventricle of the heart where the is primarily manifest. Allegorical terms Because the nefesh ha'elokit is derived from God Himself, it is commonly referred to as a 'prince' or a 'princess' in many allegories. The from the (part II, 163a) is one example. Another example is the.See also.References.
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Likkutei Amarim ch. 4, Tanya. Leibowitz, Aryeh (2018). The Neshamah: A Study of the Human Soul.
Feldheim Publishers. Chapter 3, 'The Intellect'. ^ Likkutei Amarim ch. 9, Tanya. The Neshamah: A Study of the Human Soul, Chapter 13, 'Man's Struggle'. Bartenura to Avot 4:22, 'Al karchach atah notzar'. Midrash Tanchuma, Naso 16; also Likkutei Amarim ch.
36, Tanya. Likkutei Sichot vol. 1217. ^ Likkutei Amarim ch. 2, Tanya. Talmud, Berachot 60b; also p.6, Siddur Tehillas Hashem, et al.
Lessons in Tanya on Likkutei Amarim ch. 2 notes that while the Tanya cites the Zohar for this phrase, it has since been lost and is missing from newer editions of the Zohar.Further reading. Freeman, Tzvi. Weinberg, Yosef. (This contains the full text of the Tanya translated into English, with English commentary translated from Yiddish. It also includes the original Hebrew text of the.). Leibowitz, Aryeh.
The Neshama: A Study of the Human Soul. Feldheim Publishers.
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