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(Created page with "The divine soul is a general term for the spiritual and divine part within a Jew, including soul, spirit, and higher soul. A Jew's soul is called "Adam" and was created similar to the "Supreme Adam," containing ten powers and three garments. = Source = The divine soul is "literally a part of God above." This source comes directly from God Himself, explained in three ways: # Created through God's "breath" rather than speech # Jews "arose in thought" rather than speech #...") |
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# Jews are "children of God," receiving a part of His essence | # Jews are "children of God," receiving a part of His essence | ||
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In the Tanya, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi 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 Zohar that "one who blows, blows from within him." This is taken to mean, "from His innermost." | |||
=== Unique to Jews === | |||
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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 LORD 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 Maimonides (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 Divine Thought, which is the same as God Himself. | |||
=== Relation to human anatomy === | |||
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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 ''nefesh habehamit'' is primarily manifest. | |||
== Internal Powers == | == Internal Powers == | ||