“Surely this descent [of the Divine soul into the body & vital soul] must be for the sake of a subsequent ascent.”

– Tanya, Chapter 31

“There are three partners in man: G‑d, his father and his mother.“

– Talmud, Niddah 31a

To plunge the depths so deep yet nigh;

To see that sight with my own eye.

To know that not for naught I die; 

To prize my soul with one last try – 

To squeeze the body’s sweat to lend;  

A drop or two of zeal to mend; 

Barren fields and meadow’s bend – 

Before the drought of summer’s end.

For even angels full of praise; 

Have no power with their gaze; 

To cleanse the dirt of earthbound haze – 

The way the body burns ablaze.