חלק אלוה ממעלSparks of One Source

chelek eloah mi-ma'alIn Gamatria ↗

Every spark you resent was struck from your own fire.

The hidden reason for loving one's companions: all souls are drawn from one high place, so a person should love his friends' souls as his own, each a portion of God above. Above, where the Divine is perfectly one, souls hold no jealousy or hatred; those belong to the outer husk. Even the 'burning' of one righteous soul at another's canopy in Eden is longing, not envy. De Vidas reads 'Have we not one Father?' (Malachi 2:10) as covering both body and soul.

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