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The Seven Laws of Noah and the Dimension of the Soul

From here we as Noahides can learn that: 1. Sexual immorality is a deviation from pure love (Chesed) 2. Killing is a deviation from strength (Gevurah) 3. Stealing is a deviation from beauty (Tiferet) because Tiferet is the nature that allows humans to relate to each other with attention and consideration 4. Worshiping idols is a deviation from worshiping God 5. Blasphemy is a deviation from the soul's ability to say Thank You to God The first five commandments (from the above order) and the last were given to Adam, at the beginning of the creation of the world, the sixth commandment (from the above order) was given to Noah, as taught in the Torah that Noah was a Tzadiq (pious) person, and he was the foundation (Yesod) of his generation. This commandment was given to Noah in physical form: it is permissible to eat the flesh of animals, but they must be slaughtered first and their blood must not be consumed. The last commandment, explicitly formulated in the form of a positive senten...

Two National Identity

Isaac and Rebekah were childless for the first 20 years of their marriage, and when their prayers were finally answered and Rebekah conceived, she suffered great pain during the pregnancy. God (through Shem) told her that she was carrying twins who were complete opposites not only physically but morally. That each one’s success in life would come at the expense of the other’s success. In Genesis 25:23 “God said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb; two powers will be different from each other. The superiority will pass from one power to the other.’” Metaphorically, Jacob and Esau represent the two souls (and diametrically opposed drives) that exist within each of us. We each have an inner Jacob, our Godly soul with its Godly drive, and an inner Esau, our soul with its selfish drive. When we strengthen the Godly soul, it weakens the materialistic soul, and the Godly soul overcomes the materialistic soul in the same way that Light overcomes darkness. Light does not have to actively work...