The animal soul, concerned with food and pleasure can be harnessed by the G-dly soul to accomplish more in this world.
Rabi Aaron L. Raskin speaks on a number of topics in this video. He begins with a brief overview of the open and the hidden periods of Jewish mysticism. Next he discusses the ultimate purpose of the soul in this world and what happens afterwards. Rabbi Raskin concludes with a description of the resurrection of the dead and how the souls and bodies will be matched up.
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Arizal, asceticism, creation, death, eternity, G-d, morality, Moshiach, mysticism, paradise, purgatory, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, refinement, tradition, Zohar
