Rabbi Beth Beyer writes, Some Sages imply that it might be better to avoid speculation on unknowable things. However, G-d remarks, Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. (Jer. 1:5). Thus, stories abound to try to help us understand this. According to legend, souls were formed during the six days of Creation and they reside in a Treasury of Souls prior to becoming embodied. (Ḥagigah 12b, Is. 57:16). Male and female souls are paired, but then separate when they come to Earth. (Zohar 91b). Our Morning Prayer liturgy, based upon stories which are thousands of years old, says, Thank you for mercifully returning my soul to me. My G-d, the soul which You placed in me is pure. You created it, formed it, and breathed it into me. You preserve it in me and will eventually take it from me and restore it within me in the time to come.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 13:21:55 +0000
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