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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.

== Sea Fish (Nunei Yama) ==

The term "nunei yama" is mentioned frequently in the holy Zohar as a mashal for tzaddikim of the highest level, like Rav Hamnuna Saba, one of the elder Tanaim of the Zohar. Regarding this, the Alter Rebbe explains that the movement of tzaddikim called nunei yama is wondrous and very elevated, like the mashal of fish swimming in the sea - they swim and in one flight reach higher and higher. One of these tzaddikim was the holy Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Therefore, when RASHBI was in the cave, he did not fulfill several practical mitzvos as mentioned above, but rather everything was spiritual, beyond the level of rejoicing with meat etc. This is the concept of the Levyasan's fins with which it swims from one end of the sea to the other. Therefore the entire world stands on the Levyasan which encompasses the whole world, as known in the words of Chazal.