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June 7th, 2007Our Sages taught: “The flame of G-d is the human soul.”
What is the mystical connection between a flame and a soul?
The answer lies within the natural attributes of the flame.
A flame is always reaching higher, to the source of all fire - a substance that surrounds this earth. Were the flame to accomplish its goal; namely, to leave its wick to cleave to its source… it would lose its very identity as a flame. It would no longer exist as a separate being.
The soul’s yearning is akin to this yearning of the flame. The soul desires to cleave to her Source in the Divine, shed her body and material existance- and be one with The Holy One, blessed be He.
However, Kabbalah teaches that the Divine will is that we channel this yearning to affect the way we live our lives on this physical plane - and create this Oneness within the most materialistic parts of our daily lives.