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Is Aryeh Kaplan's definition of the self in Jewish Meditation accurate ("nothingness" chapter)?

I read the book Jewish Meditation many years ago and going through my library, it appears that I must have lent it to someone. So this is unfortunately only using what you have copied here. The two p …
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Further sources and exploration of the Neshomo as data

But in the Component context, these terms for different aspects of the soul are not referring to whole human being. … All other aspects of the soul are not effected directly by material existence in any way. …
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Are Jewish souls eternal?

The simple answer to the question posed in your title is, yes. The real question is how does this relate to the posuk in the Torah which the author of Shefa Tal references? And to truly understand tha …
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Does the Neshama (soul) choose the body?

My G-d, the soul which you placed in me is pure. You created it, You formed it and You blew it into me... …
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Where do human souls come from?

This is also understood from the posuk in Bereshit 2:7, "and blew into his nostrils the living soul..." … Thus, the expression used for the Nefesh Elokit, the G-dly soul, that it is ״חלק אלוה ממעל ממש״. …
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Are Jewish and non-Jewish souls equal?

The non-Jewish soul originates from what is described as the external aspect of Creation. The Jewish soul originates from the internal aspect. … The common soul aspect which is with both is the Animating (or some call it the Animal) soul. …
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What is the Chaya?

They are associated with the animating aspect (נפש,נפש הבהמית) of the soul, meaning what interacts with material, physical existence, the emotive aspect of the soul (רוח) and the intellectual aspect of … soul (נשמה). …
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Are there any writings which speak to the spiritual aspects of different materials (Metals/W...

You would probably enjoy looking through Midrash Talpiot on the section dealing with all the various stones, both precious and otherwise. It has extensive discussion of precisely what you are requesti …
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