Editing Fish (section)

== Reproduction ==
Fish are used in the verse as a mashal for great multiplication (fish lay dozens of eggs in one laying) as it is written "v'yidgu larov b'kerev ha'aretz" (they shall multiply abundantly like fish in the midst of the earth), and Chazal add that fish are not affected by ayin hara.

In [[Chabad Chassidus Philosophy|Chassidus]] it is explained that the reason reproduction is appropriately compared to fish is because fish are cold and have no desire (fish reproduction occurs through the male depositing seed on the female's eggs in the water), and their multiplication is not done through desire, which indicates reproduction for the sake of Heaven and not for desire.

==== Soul Reincarnation in Fish ====
The neshamos of tzaddikim reincarnate in fish, and the neshamos of tzaddikim and talmidei chachamim sometimes descend into fish since tzaddikim are attached and connected "to complete unity with Elokus... in absolute bitul" therefore their neshamos reincarnate in fish since fish cannot exist without water. To one chossid who got a fish bone stuck in his throat, the Alter Rebbe said: "The neshamos of tzaddikim one needs to know how to eat." Tzaddikim elevate to the level of chesed through being elevated thus to their neshamah's root.